Scope

This Research Guide focuses on hate crimes, or crimes committed against others on the basis of characteristics such as race, religion, or sexual orientation.

Overview

Encyclopedia of American Crime
College Library Reference Collection: HV 6789 S54 2001
Refer to "Hate Crimes," pages 397-400

Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment
College Library Reference Collection: HV 6017 E524 2002
Refer to "Hate Crimes" in index in volume 4, page 1829

Hate Crimes: A Reference Handbook
College Library Reference Collection: HV 6773.52 A47 1999

Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America
College Library Reference Collection: E 185.61 E544 1998
Refer to "Hate Crimes," pages 417-420

Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism
College Library Reference Collection: E 184 A1 E58 1994
Refer to "Hate Crimes," pages 806-811
Refer to "Hate Speech Codes," page 811

Encyclopedia of Violence
College Library Reference Collection: HM 291 D4857 1993
Refer to "Hate Crimes," pages 120-121
Refer to "Hate Groups," pages 124-128

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center 1990 - to date (updated daily)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) includes the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources and provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Finding Journal and News Articles

Below are links to databases that cover this subject area. The truncation symbol for all of them is an asterisk (*) unless otherwise noted.

Sample searches for databases:

hate crime*
hate crime* and (law or legislation)
hate crime* and blacks
hate crime* and sexual orientation
hate crime* and religio*
hate crime* and Arabs
hate crime* and race
hate crime* and Jews
hate crime* and gender
racial violence
religious violence
Matthew Shepard
Rodney King

Recommended Databases:

Academic Search 1984 - to date (updated daily)
This library database indexes approximately 3,100 popular magazines and academic journals and provides the full-text articles from approximately 1,000 journals. Basic instructions for Academic Search

CQ Researcher November 1991 - to date (updated weekly)
Contains weekly reports from Congressional Quarterly that cover the most current and controversial issues. Basic instructions for CQ Researcher

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe Dates Vary (updated daily)
Contains the full-text articles from U.S. and international newspapers (including the New York Times, June 1980 - to date), as well as some news and business magazines and trade journals. The truncation symbol is an exclamation point (!). Basic instructions for Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe

ProQuest Research Library 1988 - to date (updated daily)
Indexes over 2,000 general-interest and academic journals. Nearly 1,000 periodicals are full-text. Dates vary, but many full-text journals go back to 1988. Basic instructions for ProQuest Research Library

Readers' Guide Full Text and Retrospective 1890 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes 240 popular magazines in a wide range of subject areas. Full-text coverage of 131 titles begins with 1994. Basic instructions for Readers' Guide Full Text

Social Sciences Full Text 1983 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes more than 415 scholarly journals in economics, politics, public administration, public health, sociology, criminology, environmental and urban studies, psychology and anthropology. Basic instructions for Social Sciences Full Text

Finding Books

MadCat
Books on hate crimes can be found in MadCat, the UW-Madison library catalog.

Sample keyword searches:

"hate crimes"
"hate crimes" and "united states"
"hate crimes" and "case studies"
"hate crimes" and history
http and "hate crime?" (to find electronic resources)

Internet Sites

Tolerance.org
http://www.tolerance.org
Sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center, this site provides links to top news stories about hate and hate crimes, guidance for teachers and parents, and information about hate groups throughout the United States.

Civilrights.org: A Social Justice Network
http://www.civilrights.org/issues/hate
Includes an overview and history of the subject, links to resources, and press releases.

Lesbian & Gay Anti-Violence Project: Lambda
http://www.lambda.org/avp_gen.htm
A project dedicated to bringing attention to and combating violence against gays and lesbians.

National Criminal Justice Reference Statistics
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Topics/Topic.aspx?topicid=63
Find hate crime facts & figures, legislation, publications, and related resources. " NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide."

The New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
http://www.avp.org
This project serves lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender victims of violence. It also strives to educate the public at large about violence directed at these communities and to influence public policy.

Governor's Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes--Illinois
http://www.state.il.us/cdhc
Links to programs and initiatives intended to combat hate crimes, annual reports of the commission, transcripts of town meetings, and state and federal statute information.

Statistics

FBI Hate Crime Statistics
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Tabular Reports of Incidents, Offenses, Victims and Offenders reported by State Agencies, by Bias Motivation, by Offense Category, and by Race. Statistics provided range in date from 1995 to 2000.

Statistical Universe 1973 - to date (updated monthly)
Contains the full text of more than 800 U.S. government statistical publications. Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe is available to UW-Madison registered users.

Videos

Hate Crimes [videorecording]
College Library Ethnic Studies Collection: HV6322 H37 1999

The Legacy of Matthew Shepard [videorecording]
College Library Main Book Collection: HQ76.3 U5 S5 2001

The Rodney King Case [videorecording]: What the Jury Saw
College Library Ethnic Studies Collection: HV7993 R64 1992

That Delicate Balance [videorecording]: Our Bill of Rights
College Library Main Collection: KF4749 T42 1992

Organizations

American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org
Organization committed to defending the civil liberties of Americans.

International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Coalition
http://www.iglhrc.org
Provides international coverage of political issues related to the human rights of gays and lesbians. Coverage includes hate crimes.

The Anti-Defamation League
http://www.adl.org/main_hate_crimes.asp
The Anti-Defamation League proclaims that it is devoted to combating anti-Semitism and bigotry of all kinds. The site includes op-ed pieces, links to information about hate crimes laws, information about hate crimes incidents against Jews, press releases on extremist groups, and surveys on attitudes about a variety of ethnic groups in the US.

MINCAVA Minnesota Center Against Violence & Abuse
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/hatebias.asp
Provides links to articles, factsheets, and other Weblinks