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NCJ Number:
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NCJ 179559
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Title:
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Addressing Hate Crimes: Six Initiatives That Are Enhancing the Efforts of Criminal Justice Practitioners
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Series:
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BJA Monographs
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Author(s):
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Stephen Wessler
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Corporate Author:
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Ctr for the Study and Prevention of Hate Violence
United States
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Date Published:
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02/2000 |
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Page Count:
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19 |
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Sponsoring Agency:
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Grant Number:
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95-DD-BX-K001 |
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Sale Source:
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NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States
Bureau of Justice Assistance Clearinghouse
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States |
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Text PDF |
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Type:
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Program/project description/evaluations |
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Language:
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English |
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Country:
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United States |
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Annotation:
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This monograph describes six initiatives for preventing and responding to hate crimes. |
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Abstract:
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The six initiatives to assist criminal justice practitioners in responding to hate crimes are: (1) The International Association of Chiefs of Police Summit: Hate Crime in America, a 2-day summit for law enforcement, civil rights and other leaders to develop recommendations for addressing hate crimes; (2) Department of Justice’s National Hate Crime Training Initiative, to develop multilevel hate crime training curricula for local law enforcement agencies; (3) Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Roll Call Video: Responding to Hate Crimes, which covers the initial response to and investigation of possible hate crimes; (4) The International Association of Chiefs of Police’s Responding to Hate Crimes: A Police Officer’s Guide to Investigation and Prevention of hate incidents and hate crimes, and how best to assist victims; (5) The American Prosecutors Research Institute’s Resource Guide, Prosecutors Respond to Hate Crimes Project; and (6) The Maine Department of the Attorney General’s Designated Civil Rights Officers Project, to develop a coordinated statewide system for hate crime investigation and prosecution. |
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Main Term(s):
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Criminology |
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Index Term(s):
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Intl Assoc of Chiefs of Police ; Department of Justice ; Crimes against persons/ ; Victim services ; Human rights training ; Bias related violence ; Hate crimes ; Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) ; Maine |
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