Dept. of Justice Says Most Hate Crimes are Not Reported
Lack of belief in authorities blamed
Nearly two in three hate crimes in the US are not reported to police as victims doubt police can or will help, justice department statistics showed.
From 2003-06, 46% of hate crimes were reported, but police were notified only 35% of the time from 2007-11.
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How they can quantify how many did not go reported if there were no reports?
Let me guess; They polled people on the streets?
"Thursday's findings come mainly from data collected on hate crimes since 2003 for the National Crime Victimization Survey.
It is based on annual Census Bureau interviews with a large representative number of people about their experiences with crime.'
Cripes.