DOJ Expands Hate Crime Resources

The Department of Justice today is concluding a two-day Law Enforcement Roundtable on Improving the Identification and Reporting of Hate Crimes. (Press release). In connection with the Roundtable it announced a new Hate Crimes website "designed to provide a centralized portal for the Department’s hate crimes resources for law enforcement, media, researchers, victims, advocacy groups, and other related organizations and individuals." Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein also announced a grant to the University of New Hampshire for a national survey on hate crime incidents and victimization. He also announced the extension of an existing technical assistance program to the prosecution and prevention of hate crimes.