What You Need to Know About Hate Crimes on Your Campus

Presented By:

Greg Miraglia

Shane Windmeyer

Your Presenters

Shane Windmeyer is the founder andExecutive Director of Campus Pride andStop the Hate. He is a nationally recognizedSpeaker on college campuses on LGBT issuesand hate and bias prevention. Mr. Windmeyercreated the Campus Climate Index and is theauthor of five books on related topics.

Greg Miraglia is a Dean at Napa Valley College.He has 27 years of law enforcement experienceand serves as the national program coordinatorfor Stop the Hate. Mr. Miraglia is the Bias IncidentResponse Team Coordinator at his college andlead human relations instructor for the NapaValley Police Academy.

Why Is This Topic Important

• A Safe Campus And Work Place Is Something Desired By Everyone

• Essential For Recruitment• Required For Retention And Persistence• No Campus Or Work Place Is Immune

The Facts

• Campuses Are The 3rd Most Common Location Where Hate Crimes Occur.

• Most School Shootings Occur In White, Upper-Middle-Class, Communities.

• Hate Crimes Are A Significant Social Concern

• Hate Crimes On Campuses Draw Immediate Attention From The Media And Community.

What Is A Hate Crime

• (a) "Hate crime" means a criminal act committed, in whole or in

• part, because of one or more of the following actual or perceived

• characteristics of the victim:

What Is A Hate Crime

(1) Disability. (2) Gender. (3) Nationality. (4) Race or ethnicity. (5) Religion. (6) Sexual orientation.

What Is A Hate Crime

Includes “Association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

Gender identity and expression is included.

Federal Law

• Includes color, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disabilities

• Provides financial support for local law enforcement

• Supports 5 states with no hate crime law

Bias Incidents

• Legal Acts• Motivated By Hate• Most often involves use of words -

“Protected Speech”• Could have administrative or civil

sanctions

How Big Is Hate

Bias Motivation TotalsRace 3870Religion 1400Sexual Orientation 265Ethnicity 1007Disability 79Totals 7624

Sources Of Data

• FBI Uniform Crime Report– Published Every October– http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2007/index.html

Who is the most likely victim based on race?

African American Male

Who is the most likely victim based sexual orientation?

Gay Male

Who is the most likely religion to be victimized?

Judaism

Who is the least likely type of victim?

Persons with disabilities

Questions?

Hate Crime Or

Bias Incident?

Central Questions

• Is the incident a hate crime or bias incident?

• What else would law enforcement need to know?

• What would happen on your campus?

Scenario 1

You receive a call from a 22-year-old African-American college student. The student tells you that as he was walking past a bar, two white males walked by him and said, “You better watch your back on this campus nigger.”

Scenario 2

Campus police respond to a disturbance call and make contact with a female. She tells you that she and her boyfriend just had a fight. She said that her boyfriend punched her in the face and then wrote “DIKE” on her car with spray paint.

Scenario 3

Campus police respond to a reported vandalism to a fraternity house. You arrive at the house and see “DEATH TO ALL JEWS” burned into the front lawn of the house.

Scenario 4

A student reports to campus police being victim of an assault after leaving the campus LGBT center. The male says that does not know who the suspects are and has never seen them before. The victim says that he was assaulted because he is gay. The victim is being treated at a local hospital for a broken jaw and three fractured ribs.

Scenario 5

While walking on campus, you notice “Go home wetbacks” spray painted across a poster about an event being produced by the Latino student club.

Scenario 6

A student reports to campus police seeing a pick-up truck drive through a parking lot with a noose hanging from the trailer hitch. The student said there was a black colored stuffed animal in the noose.

Forensics Of Hate

Forensics Of Hate

IgnoranceFear

AngerHate

Violence

Preventing Hate

• Education and awareness

• Institutional commitment

• Strong Code of Conduct

• Continuous conversation

• Bias Incident Response Team

Stop The Hate

• 3-Day Training For Trainers Program

• Conducted On Your Campus

• Ideal For Administrators, Faculty, And Student Leaders

• Provides A 250+ Page Resource Manual Broken Down Into 12 Modules

• Prepares Presenters For Hate Crimes And Bias Incident Prevention Work

Questions?

More Information

Stop The Hatewww.stophate.org