[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 27 (Friday, March 11, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 11, 1994]
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                              HATE CRIMES

  Mr. SIMON. Madam President, I am rising because the FBI has, this 
week, released their hate crimes statistics. Back about 3 years ago we 
passed legislation to ask the FBI to do this, and they have been doing 
it. The good news is about twice as many law enforcement authorities 
are doing it as last year. One of the States that is doing a better job 
is my own State of Illinois. In 1991 we had 98 reporting agencies and 
in 1992, 620 reporting agencies.
  The figures we have are for 1992. Six out of every 10 hate crimes had 
a racial basis, 2 out of every 10 a religious basis, and 1 out of every 
10 each, an ethnic or sexual orientation basis. Antiblack bias 
accounted for 36 percent; antiwhite, 31 percent; anti-Jewish, 13 
percent.
  These are 1992 figures. I have just discussed with the senior Senator 
from California the fact that California is listed as one of the States 
with only seven police departments participating. I see my friend from 
North Carolina on the floor. North Carolina is listed as only having 
one police department participating.
  But, again, these are 1992 figures, and my guess is the 1993 figures 
will show higher numbers than that. I ask unanimous consent to have the 
full report printed in the Record, the report from the FBI.
  There being no objection, the report was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                            1992 Hate Crimes

       Data compiled by the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program 
     reveal that most hate crimes reported to law enforcement are 
     motivated by racial bias. The data were reported by 6,180 law 
     enforcement agencies in 41 States and the District of 
     Columbia; which cover 53 percent of the U.S. population. The 
     number of law enforcement agencies participating in the FBI's 
     statistical program, which was initiated in response to the 
     Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990, grew by 123 percent when 
     compared to the number of agencies reporting in 1991.
       Racial bias motivated 6 of every 10 hate crimes reported in 
     1992; religious bias, 2 of every 10; and ethnic and sexual-
     orientation bias each, 1 of every 10. Among the specific bias 
     types, antiblack offenses accounted for the highest 
     proportion, 36 percent, followed by antiwhite and anti-Jewish 
     motivations, 21 and 13 percent, respectively.


                            crimes committed

       Among the 8,918 racially motivated offenses, intimidation 
     was the most frequently reported hate crime, accounting for 
     37 percent of the total. Destruction/damage/vandalism of 
     property followed with 23 percent; simple assault, 20 
     percent; aggravated assault, 16 percent; and robbery, 2 
     percent. The remaining offense types (murder, forcible rape, 
     burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson) each 
     accounted for 1 percent or less of the total.


                               offenders

       In 38 percent of the incidents reported, information 
     concerning the offenders was unknown. However, for incidents 
     in which the suspected race of the offender was reported, 64 
     percent of the hate crimes were committed by whites, 33 
     percent by blacks, and 1 percent by persons of other races. 
     The remaining incidents were committed by groups in which the 
     offenders were not all of the same race.

             HATE CRIME BIAS-MOTIVATIONS REPORTED, 1992\1\              
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Bias-motivation                    Number    Percent\2\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Race.............................................     5,050         62.5
    Anti-White...................................     1,664         20.6
    Anti-Black...................................     2,882         35.7
    Anti-American Indian/Alaskan Native..........        31           .4
    Anti-Asian/Pacific Islander..................       275          3.4
    Anti-Multi-racial group......................       198          2.5
Ethnicity........................................       841         10.4
    Anti-Hispanic................................       498          6.2
    Anti-other ethnicity/national origin.........       343          4.2
Religion.........................................     1,240         15.4
    Anti-Jewish..................................     1,084         13.4
    Anti-Catholic................................        18           .2
    Anti-Protestant..............................        29           .4
    Anti-Islamic (Moslem)........................        17           .2
    Anti-other religion..........................        77          1.0
    Anti-Multi-religious group...................        14           .2
    Anti-atheism/agnosticism/et cetera...........         1          0  
Sexual orientation...............................       944         11.7
    Anti-male homosexual (gay)...................       667          8.3
    Anti-female homosexual (lesbian).............       129          1.6
    Anti-Homosexual (gay and lesbian)............       132          1.6
    Anti-Heterosexual............................        13           .2
    Anti-Bisexual................................         3          0  
                                                  ----------------------
      Total......................................     8,075        100.0 
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\1\No detailed breakdowns for bias motivations were reported from       
  Minnesota and Pennsylvania.                                           
\2\Because of rounding, percentages may not add to totals.              


                 NUMBER OF HATE CRIME OFFENSES, 1992\1\                 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Offense                        Number    Percent\2\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Murder...........................................        17          0.2
Forcible rape....................................         8           .1
Robbery..........................................       172          1.9
Aggravated assault...............................     1,431         16.0
Burglary.........................................        69           .8
Larceny-theft....................................        36           .4
Motor vehicle theft..............................         5          0  
Arson............................................        47           .5
Simple assault...................................     1,765         19.8
Intimidation.....................................     3,328         37.3
Destruction/damage/vandalism of property.........     2,040         22.9
                                                  ----------------------
      Total number of offense types..............     8,918        100.0
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\1\Includes Minnesota and Pennsylvania.                                 
\2\Because of rounding, percentages do not add to total.                


            SUSPECTED RACE OF OFFENDERS IN HATE CRIMES, 1992            
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Number of            
           Suspected race of offender             incidents     Percent 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
White...........................................       2,919        39.2
Black...........................................       1,495        20.1
American Indian/Alaskan Native..................          28          .4
Asian/Pacific Islander..........................          45          .6
Multi-racial group..............................         104         1.4
Unknown.........................................       2,851        38.3
                                                 -----------------------
      Total incidents...........................       7,442       100.0
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                AGENCY PARTICIPATION IN HATE CRIME, 1992                
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                                               Agencies       Incidents 
                  State                    participating\1\    reported 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama..................................               4              4
Arizona..................................              90            172
Arkansas.................................             183             37
California...............................               7             75
Colorado.................................             197            258
Connecticut..............................              23             62
Delaware.................................              57             47
District of Columbia.....................               1             14
Florida..................................             374            334
Georgia..................................               4             66
Idaho....................................             115             54
Illinois.................................             620            241
Indiana..................................               5             19
Iowa.....................................             189             37
Kansas...................................               2              3
Kentucky.................................               2              5
Louisiana................................              10             13
Maine....................................               9             19
Maryland.................................             156            484
Massachusetts............................             158            424
Michigan.................................             454            122
Minnesota................................              69            411
Mississippi..............................               1              0
Missouri.................................              17            158
Nevada...................................               3             23
New Jersey...............................             291          1,114
New York.................................             569          1,112
North Carolina...........................               1              1
North Dakota.............................               1              1
Ohio.....................................              26            105
Oklahoma.................................               9            147
Oregon...................................             279            351
Pennsylvania.............................             944            432
Rhode Island.............................              44             48
South Carolina...........................               4              4
Tennessee................................               2              4
Texas....................................             870            486
Utah.....................................               9             12
Virginia.................................              24            102
Washington...............................             207            374
Wisconsin................................             145             67
Wyoming..................................               5              0
                                          ------------------------------
      Total..............................           6,180          7,442
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\1\Includes agencies participating in Program whether or not any        
  incidents were experienced.                                           

  Mr. SIMON. Madam President, we are at the hour of 2:45 and I yield 
the floor.

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