There has been a sharp uptick in crimes specifically targeting Muslim and Jewish people since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out in October 2023.
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The New South Wales Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes has held its final public sitting in Sydney today. It’s been dogged in its pursuit of justice for victims and their families.
International conflicts can often trigger hate crimes against diasporas and other connected communities. Canadian governments should take action to prevent a rise in hate crimes.
Incidents of antisemitism in the US have risen to historic levels, and the White House has vowed to fight them.
The criminalisation of same-sex sexual relations among consenting adults in Kenya worsens social disparities and inequalities.
Vigils for LGBTQ+ people turn public spaces into a collective space of belonging with one another
Australian states and territories are moving to ban Nazi symbols. But can such laws cover a Nazi salute? Here are the difficulties in drafting and enforcing such legislation.
The GOP leadership renewed its pledge to resist public education that includes painful discussions on race and racism in America.
For the first time, researchers have been able to produce estimates of the rate of hate crimes against LGBTQ people.
Bias-motivated attacks became a distinct crime in the 1980s. But police investigate only a fraction of the roughly 200,000 hate crimes reported each year – and even fewer ever make it to court.
The suspect is facing five counts of bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury, in addition to murder charges. But in Australia, the victims and their families would have no such recourse.
On the 10th anniversary of the Oak Creek massacre, a Sikh scholar writes that there is little understanding of the Sikh faith in the U.S.
Kenya’s LGBTI community continues to face the deadly consequences of homophobia, transphobia and biphobia.
Two books on historical gay hate crimes – the murder of George Duncan in Adelaide, 1972, and army officer Warwick Meale in Townsville, 1942 – aim to create positive change by revealing past injustice.
Asian American mothers face a caregiving crisis, fueled by the pandemic but rooted in histories of anti-Asian discrimination and violence.
During the Cold War, the FBI boasted a ‘Judeo-Christian’ heritage in the US but also demonstrated anti-Jewish prejudice.
Our research tried to identify patterns linking antisemitic incidents to particular dates, local trends or global events. The aim was to be better prepared to counter them.
US culture has long represented Asian American women as sexually seductive – showing how victims’ gender and race cannot be separated when attacked by white male violence.
Bias-motivated attacks became a distinct crime in the 1980s. But police investigate only a fraction of the roughly 200,000 hate crimes reported each year – and even fewer ever make it to court.
Some racism isn’t criminal at all but still is the result of deep-seated and long-standing racial prejudices.
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Visiting Lecturer, Union Theological Seminary
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Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
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Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Director, Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism, California State University, San Bernardino
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Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior lecturer in Sociology, Deakin University
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Professor of Criminology, Birmingham City University
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Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center, University of Arkansas
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Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Seattle University
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Senior Research Specialist., Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor of Post Conflict Studies, Queen's University Belfast
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Lecturer in Criminology, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Senior lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, Leeds Beckett University
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Hon Associate Professor, Modern History, Macquarie University
