The Nizkor Project: Remembering the Holocaust (Shoah)

Disproportionate Harm
Hate Crime in Canada

Tables 1 Through 9



Table 1: Hate Crimes in America: Offense Breakdown (1992)
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice ------------------------------------------------------------ Offence # of Incidents % Total Incidents ------------------------------------------------------------ Threats 3,328 37% Mischief/Vandalism 2,040 23% Assault 1,765 20% Aggravated Assault 1,431 16% Robbery 172 2% Break and Enter 69 <1% Arson 47 <1% Theft 36 <1% Murder 17 <1% Rape 8 <1% Theft Motor Vehicle 5 <1% ------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 8,075 100% ------------------------------------------------------------

Table 2: Hate Crimes in America: Target Categories (1992)
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice ------------------------------------------------------------ Category # of Incidents % Total Incidents ------------------------------------------------------------ Racial 5,050 63% Religious 1,240 15% Sexual Orientation 944 12% Ethnicity/Nationality 841 10% ------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 8,075 100% ------------------------------------------------------------

Table 3: Hate Crimes in America: Target Categories in New York City (1987-1988)
Source: Excludes unclassified cases. Garafolo (1993) ------------------------------------------------------------ Category # of Incidents % Total Incidents ------------------------------------------------------------ Racial 585 59% Religious 280 28% Sexual Orientation 66 7% Ethnicity/Nationality 62 6% ------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 993 100% ------------------------------------------------------------

Table 4: Hate Crimes in America: Offence Categories by Target Group New York City (1988)
Column totals may exceed 100% due to rounding.
Source: Garafolo (1993) ------------------------------------------------------------ Offence Racial Ethnicity/ Religious Sexual Nationality Orientation ------------------------------------------------------------ Assault 42% 42% 6% 41% Harrassment 37% 44% 34% 45% Mischief 7% 6% 55% 8% Threats 6% 3% 1% 2% Burglary/ 5% 2% 3% 2% Robbery Reckless 1% 2% -- 2% Endanger Life Other 1% 1% 1% 1% ------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% ------------------------------------------------------------

Table 5: Estimates of Number of Racially-motivated Crimes in England and Wales (Afro-Caribbeans and Asians)
Source: British Crime Survey (1992) ------------------------------------------------------------ Assault 23,000-45,000 Threats 29,000-71,000 Vandalism 17,000-41,000 Other Crimes 8,000-171,000 ------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 89,000-171,000 ------------------------------------------------------------

Table 6: Racially-motivated Crimes in England and Wales: Proportion of all crimes involving racial motivation
Source: British Crime Survey (1992); Home Office ------------------------------------------------------------ Afro-Caribbean Asian ------------------------------------------------------------ Threats 35% 57% Assault 30% 44% Robbery 2% 8% Theft from motor 2% 2% vehicle Burglary 4% 4% Motor vehicle theft 2% 2% ------------------------------------------------------------ All offences 14% 24% reported to British Crime Survey ------------------------------------------------------------

Table 7: Hate Crimes in Toronto: Target Categories
Source: Metropolitan Toronto Police ------------------------------------------------------------ Category # of Incidents % Total Incidents ------------------------------------------------------------ Racial 77 50% Religious 54 35% Sexual Orientation 16 10% Ethnicity/Nationality 8 5% ------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 155 100% ------------------------------------------------------------

Table 8: Hate Crimes in Toronto: Offense Categories
Source: Metropolitan Toronto Police ------------------------------------------------------------ Offence # of Incidents % Total Incidents ------------------------------------------------------------ Mischief Under 38 25% Assault 37 24% Threats 27 17% Mischief Over 21 14% Bomb Threats 13 8% Robbery/Break & 7 5% Enter Other 12 7% ------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 155 100% ------------------------------------------------------------

Table 9: Hate Crimes in Toronto: Offence Category by Target Category
Source: Metropolitan Toronto Police ------------------------------------------------------------ Target Category Crime -------------------+---------------------------------------- Assault Mischief -------------------+---------------------------------------- Racial 77% 58% Religious 7% 31% Ethnicity/Nationality 9% 8% Other 19% 3% ------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL 100% 100% ------------------------------------------------------------


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