Date of Graduation
2002
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
Committee Chair
James Nolan
Abstract
It has been 12 years since the passing of the Hate Crimes Statistics Act. Since that time much has been written about it. However, not many useful applications have been developed using the data that is collected. The author goes about identifying important discoveries made since 1990 about the nature of reporting hate crimes. The author also identifies problems with the reporting of hate crimes. By using a combination of the data from Hate Crime Statistics collected under the Uniform Crime Reports and data from the Sample Survey of Law Enforcement Agencies, the author hopes to be able to identify certain administrative procedures and/or policies that have an impact on how often hate crimes are reported. Increasing the amount of hate crimes reported will allow for better prevention and prosecution of these crimes. The author also hopes to answer the question: Is there a relationship between certain administrative policies and hate crimes reporting, and if so what is the nature of that relationship?
Recommended Citation
Elliott, Everett Otto, "An analysis of the relationship between hate crimes reporting and administrative policies as they relate to community policing." (2002). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD). 10649.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/10649