1. Pertaining to reporting hate crimes, why do you think the estimates from the UCR are so different from those of the NCAVP?
2. States already had laws on the books covering the types of criminal activities covered by new hate crime statutes: murder, assault, intimidation, and destruction of property. Why did we need to pass new federal and state statutes criminalizing these acts? Why were existing laws inadequate?
3. Are our existing efforts enough? What could be done to better serve and protect the various populations that are targets of hate crimes?

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1 Discrepancies Between UCR and NCAVP Hate Crime Estimates The significant differences between the hate crime estimates reported by the Uniform Crime Reporting UCR program and the National Coalition o... View the full answer