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3 results foundAuthor: Walters, Mark A. Title: Transphobic hate crime and perceptions of the criminal justice system Summary: EXCUTIVE SUMMARY - Trans* people were significantly more likely than non-trans LGB people to have been a direct victim of hate crime involving physical assaults, physical assaults with weapons, verbal abuse, and online abuse. - Trans* people were significantly more likely than non-trans LGB people to have been an indirect victim of hate crime involving physical assaults, physical assaults with weapons, verbal abuse, and online abuse. - Anti-LGBT hate crime is highly repetitive in nature for trans* people, meaning that most trans* individuals experience multiple incidents of abuse each year. - Anti-LGBT hate crime has significant impacts upon trans* people's emotions (fear, anxiety and anger) and behaviours (avoidance and proaction). - Both direct and indirect experiences of anti-LGBT hate crime effect trans* individuals' attitudes towards the police, CPS and the government more broadly. Specifically, most trans* people believed the Government should do more to combat anti-LGBT hate crimes, they felt that the police are less effective and respectful, and they have less confidence in the CPS to prosecute anti-LGBT hate crimes. Details: Brighton, UK: University of Sussex, 2015. 22p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 1, 2016 at: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/62234/1/Transgender%20hate%20crime%20report%20-%20HoC%20inquiry.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/62234/1/Transgender%20hate%20crime%20report%20-%20HoC%20inquiry.pdf Shelf Number: 145784 Keywords: Bias-Related CrimeHate CrimesLGBT |
Author: Human Rights Watch Title: "Like Walking Through a Hailstorm": Discrimination against LGBT Youth in US Schools Summary: In 2001, Human Rights Watch published Hatred in the Hallways, a report that documented widespread bullying and harassment of LGBT students in the United States. Fifteen years later, research in Alabama, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, and Utah demonstrates that many LGBT youth across the country remain unsafe and unwelcome in their schools. Drawing from interviews with over 500 students, teachers, administrators, parents, and service providers, "Like Walking Through a Hailstorm" documents how bullying and harassment, exclusion from school curricula and resources, restrictions on LGBT student groups, and discrimination and bigotry jeopardize the rights and well-being of LGBT youth. It urges federal, state, and local officials to take meaningful steps to curb bullying and discrimination, recognize and affirm LGBT youth, and foster environments where all students are able to participate and learn. Details: New York: HRW, 2016. 115p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 27, 2017 at: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/uslgbt1216web_2.pdf Year: 2016 Country: United States URL: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/uslgbt1216web_2.pdf Shelf Number: 144919 Keywords: BullyingDiscriminationHarassmentHate CrimesLGBTSchool Bullying |
Author: Simich, Laura Title: Questioning Bias: Validating a Bias Crime Victim Assessment Tool in California and New Jersey, Summary Overview Summary: Hate crime victimization is significantly under-reported both by victims and by law enforcement agencies in the United States (Berk et al., 2003; Herek et al., 1999, Levin & McDevitt, 1993; 2002; McPhail, 2002; Perry, 2001; Perry, 2002; Shively, 2005, Shively et al., 2014; Shively & Mulford, 2007). In the absence of better ways to support victims and to identify and respond to hate crime victimization, hate crimes may go unrecognized and unpunished, particularly among certain at-risk groups. The purpose of this two-year study (2016-2017) was to investigate experiences of hate incidents, crimes and factors affecting underreporting among youth and adults in LGBT, Hispanic, Black, Muslim communities in New Jersey and Los Angeles. Based on the research findings, the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) has developed an assessment tool to improve the identification of hate crime victimization, the Bias Crime Assessment Tool (BCAT), which aims to better reflect victims' experiences, increase confidence in the reporting process, increase the ability of these groups to identify hate crime victimization and help to record more accurate data. Accompanied by Guidelines for users, the BCAT is intended for law enforcement, schools and community groups who wish to increase the likelihood that victims will feel encouraged to report, and to help authorities respond to hate incidents and crimes in a meaningful way. This summary uses the terms bias crime and hate crime interchangeably. Details: New York: Vera Institute of Justice and the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 2018. 29p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 2, 2018 at: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/252010.pdf Year: 2018 Country: United States URL: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/252010.pdf Shelf Number: 153114 Keywords: Bias CrimeBias Crime Assessment ToolCommunity GroupsHate CrimeHispanicLaw EnforcementLGBTMuslim |