User:Cole Flory/sandbox

The United States had passed the Hate Crime Statistics Act (P.L. 101-275) in hopes to develop a systematic approach for documenting and understanding these hate crimes against LGBT in the United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had also implemented a data collection program and integrated the system under their Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program and National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). The United States however does not require a mandatory report on hate crimes; meaning the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) data gathered over the years is not an accurate representation of the correct number of hate crimes against LGBT Americans. Community-based anti-violence organizations are extremely valuable when reporting hate crimes. Law enforcement's should implement staff diversity training to increase awareness of LGBT issues. Improving criminal justice coursework on LGBT issues is vital as graduates move into the law enforcement careers. "Overall the United States need to work on improving legislative, prosecutor, training and reporting efforts to send a strong message that our society will not tolerate such attacks and will support victims, no matter their sexual orientation and/or gender identity and expression."


 * 1) https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/Hatecrimesandviolenceagainstlgbtpeople_2009.pdf?_ga=2.19726779.22442123.1537890346-136079404.1537203931