2008 Hate Crime Statistics

Dataset Summary

Agency Department of Justice
Sub-Agency Federal Bureau of Investigation
Category Law Enforcement, Courts, and Prisons
Date Released 23-Nov-2009
Date Updated 23-Nov-2009
Time Period January 2008 through December 2008
Frequency annual
Description Extraction of bias-motivated offense data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program.

Dataset Ratings

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Dataset Metrics

Number of Downloads 512

Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type
Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation Statistical
Keywords FBI, Hate Crime Statistics, bias motivated crimes, hate crimes, racial bias, religious bias, sexual orientation bias, ethnicity bias, disability bias, Murder, Forcible Rape, Robbery, Assault, Intimidation, Motor Vehicle Theft, Burglary, Larceny Theft, Arson, Vandalism
Unique ID 1583

Contributing Agency Information

Citation
United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. (November 2009). Hate Crime Statistics, 2008. Retrieved (insert date), from http://www.fbi.gov/ (Insert the rest of publication URL here.).
Agency Program Page http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Agency Data Series Page http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2008/index.html

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis
offense type, location type, bias type, victim type, number of individual victims, number of offenders, and the race of the offenders
Granularity City
Geographic Coverage United States, State, City, County

Data Description

Collection Mode
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program via state UCR programs and direct contributing agencies (person/computer/paper).
Data Collection Instrument http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Data Dictionary/Variable List http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2008/abouthcs.html

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation
United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. (November 2009). Hate Crime Statistics, 2008. Retrieved (insert date), from http://www.fbi.gov/ (Insert the rest of publication URL here.).
Additional Metadata http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2008/abouthcs.html

Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology
Sampling
Estimation
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Disclosure avoidance
Questionnaire design
Series breaks
Non-response adjustment
Seasonal adjustment
Statistical Characteristics
OMB Control No. 3090-0284