HATE CRIME
There were 7,489 hate crime incidents reported to law enforcement in
2003. Sixty-percent of the offenses were committed against persons, and 40
percent against property.61
Of reported hate crimes, 50 percent were
motivated by race, 18 percent by religion, 17 percent by sexual orientation, 14
percent by ethnicity, and 0.4 percent by disability.62
In 2003, 2,052
incidents of anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) violence
affected 2,384 victims and were perpetrated by 3,282 offenders.63
Among
anti-LGBT incidents were 705 assaults, 121 acts of vandalism, 115 sexual
assaults, and 18 murders.64
In 2003, twenty-seven percent of anti-LGBT
violence victims suffered some level of injury.65
The Anti-Defamation
League reported 1,557 anti-Semitic incidents in the United States in
2003.66
Acts of harassment accounted for 60 percent (929) of
all anti-Semitic incidents in 2003, and vandalism comprised 40 percent (628).67
61 Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(2004). Crime in the United States, 2003. Washington, DC: FBI, U.S.
Department of Justice. http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2004/openpage.htm
62 Ibid.
63 National Coalition of
Anti-Violence Programs. (2004). Anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Violence in 2003. New York, NY: National Coalition of Anti-Violence
Programs. Online: http://www.avp.org
64
Ibid.
65 Ibid.
66 Anti-Defamation League. (2004). "ADL Audit
Finds Anti-Semitic Incidents Remain Constant; More Than 1,500 Incidents Reported
Across U.S. in 2003." New York, NY: Anti-Defamation League. Online:
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASUS_12/4464_12.htm
.
67 Ibid.
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