A dozen students at Salisbury University on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have been charged with hate crimes after police say they ...

Although a particularly stark example, the response shows how the effects of hate crime are not limited to the immediate victims: they also affect others who learn of such events. Over the past ...

Hate crimes targeting people's sexual orientation ... can be targeted for more than one of these at the same time - for example, someone attacked for being both Asian and Muslim or abused for ...

The hate crime law in Scotland includes more protected characteristics. Supporters of the new law point out that it contains safeguards designed to protect freedom of speech. For example ...

CHICAGO –With global tensions and an intensely partisan presidential campaign fueling division among Americans, Illinois is ...

When a hate crime enhancement is added to a charge, the classification moves up one level. For example, the charge of second-degree false imprisonment is typically considered a class one ...

Peter Hopkins receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust. Religious hate crimes in England and Wales are at record levels. New Home Office statistics reveal that although hate crime overall saw an ...

She described the hate crime charges as an “appalling” overreach by law enforcement officials. Pelton’s attorney, Moira Meltzer-Cohen, has criticized the arrest as an example of the “increasing trend ...

CHICAGO — With global tensions and an intensely partisan presidential campaign fueling division among Americans, Illinois is launching the Help Stop Hate program to combat the severe increase in ...