Appendix: Descriptive Statistics: Survey of Anti-Violence
Activists
On a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 being not very
important and 10 being very important, please rate the importance of hate crime
issues to your group.
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0 |
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10 |
Mean |
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N=
111 |
0% |
0% |
0% |
2.7% |
0% |
1.8% |
2.7% |
13.5% |
18.9% |
12.6% |
47.7% |
8.70 |
On a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 meaning weak and 10
being strong, please rate public support for your organization and its goals in
your city.
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7 |
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9 |
10 |
Mean |
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N=
110 |
0.9% |
3.6% |
8.2% |
10.9% |
6.4% |
12.7% |
10% |
13.6% |
20.0% |
7.3% |
6.4% |
5.86 |
Does your city’s police department have a special
officer, task force or unit to investigate and track bias or hate crimes? (by
hate crimes we mean crimes committed because of the victims race, ethnicity, gender,
disability, or sexual orientation)
55.4% no
44.6% yes
Does your city’s police department require training
for officers on the identification and reporting of hate or bias crimes?
55.0% no
45.0% yes
Does your city’s police department have a liaison officer for the following
communities?
No Yes
--African
Americans 46.1% 53.9%
--Hispanics 50.7% 49.3%
--Any
religious groups 75.4% 24.6%
--Asian
Americans 62.9% 37.1%
--Native
Americans 76.5% 23.5%
--Lesbians
and gays 65.4% 34.6%
--disabled
persons 72.1% 27.9%
On a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 meaning poor and 10
being excellent, please rate your perception of your city police department’s efforts at enforcing laws for the
following categories of crime:
Mean
Murder 7.94
Rape 7.14
Robberies 7.02
Aggravated
Assault 7.05
Burglaries 6.53
Larceny-theft 6.38
Hate
or bias crimes 4.86
On a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 meaning poor and 10
being excellent, please rate your perception of the District Attorney’s efforts at enforcing laws for the following
categories of crime:
Mean
Murder 8.28
Rape 7.70
Robberies 7.52
Aggravated
Assault 7.32
Burglaries 7.01
Larceny-theft 6.71
Hate
or bias crimes 5.34
On a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 meaning not serious
at all and 10 meaning very serious, please rate your perception of how seriously regular uniformed officers take hate crimes and the enforcement of hate
crime laws
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Mean |
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N=103 |
10.7% |
8.7% |
5.8% |
10.7% |
12% |
25.2% |
2.9% |
14.6% |
5.8% |
1.9% |
1.9% |
4.28 |
For the following questions please estimate
your city police department's reported crime to arrest rate (clearance rate)
and arrest to conviction rate, in percent.
We are interested in your rough
estimate of these figures, not the actual figures.
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Crime |
Report/Arrest Mean; in percent |
Arrest/Convictions Mean; percent |
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Murder |
75.26% |
70.93% |
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Rape |
62.5% |
59.56% |
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Robberies |
55.46% |
53.85% |
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Aggravated
Assault |
57.44% |
55.45% |
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Burglaries |
52.07% |
50.53% |
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Larceny-theft |
51.76% |
47.78% |
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Hate
crimes |
36.41% |
37.59% |
From the perspective of your organization, please
rate the importance of laws which increase the penalties for hate crimes on a
scale from 0 to 10, with 0 meaning not at all important and 10 meaning very
important.
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0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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6 |
7 |
8 |
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10 |
Mean |
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N=
101 |
1.0% |
0.0% |
1.0% |
1.0% |
2.0% |
3.0% |
1.0% |
10.9% |
16.8% |
14.9% |
48.5% |
8.63 |
Does your city's police department participate in
the voluntary federal program to collect statistics on hate crimes under the
Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990?
42.1% no
57.9% yes
Please read the following hypothetical scenario and respond
below.
A white male is beaten and robbed near a gay
bar in your city. Officers arrive on
the scene along with medical personnel.
The injured man tells the officers he believes he was attacked and
robbed because he is a homosexual. In
fact, he heard both of his two assailants call him a "fag" as he was
beaten. Although evidence suggests the
man was clearly robbed, the initial evidence related to the potential that the
crime was motivated by bias towards homosexuals is limited to the statement of
the victim. The victim is able to give
a description of both assailants.
Now
based on your perceptions of your city police department's policies and the
attitudes of its officers, please rate the following on a scale from 0 to 10,
with 0 indicating very unlikely and 10 indicating very likely.
How likely is it that the police officers on the
scene will classify the crime as a hate crime?
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0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Mean |
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N=
103 |
12.6% |
5.8% |
9.7% |
11.7% |
5.8% |
9.7% |
13.6% |
14.6% |
7.8% |
4.9% |
3.9% |
4.6 |
How likely is it that an arrest under a hate crime
law will be made in the case?
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0 |
1 |
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10 |
Mean |
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N=
102 |
26.5% |
4.9% |
8.8% |
11.8% |
8.8% |
12.7% |
4.9% |
9.8% |
4.9% |
2.0% |
4.9% |
3.61 |
How likely is it that the city prosecutor will
pursue the case under a hate crime law?
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0 |
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2 |
3 |
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9 |
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Mean |
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N=
102 |
25.5% |
3.9% |
8.8% |
8.8% |
5.9% |
14.7% |
7.8% |
9.8% |
5.9% |
3.9% |
4.9% |
3.9 |
How likely is it that a conviction under a hate
crime law will be made in the case?
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0 |
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9 |
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Mean |
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N=
100 |
30.0% |
7.0% |
8.0% |
11% |
5% |
11% |
10% |
6% |
6% |
2% |
4% |
3.9 |
Based on your best
guess, please estimate what percent
of your city’s police department precincts could
or should significantly improve their efforts at enforcing the laws related
to the following types of crime:
Mean percent
Murder 43.8%
Rape 51.1%
Robberies 51.1%
Aggravated
Assault 54.3%
Burglaries 58.2%
Larceny-theft 57.5%
Hate
or bias crimes 73.1%
On a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 meaning poor and 10
being excellent, please rate your perception of your city police department's
effort to track, classify, and report hate crime incidents
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0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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8 |
9 |
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Mean |
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N=
101 |
11.9% |
11.9% |
7.9% |
9.9% |
13.9% |
12.9% |
5.0% |
9.9% |
8.9% |
4.0% |
4.0% |
4.23 |
Please rate the degree to which your group attempts
to influence your city police department's activities related to hate crimes:
5.7%
Never try to influence their activities related to hate crimes
19.0% Almost never try to influence their
activities
29.5% Sometimes do not sometimes do try to
influence their activities
34.3% Often try to influence their activities
11.4% Always try to influence their activities
Please rate your group's success at influencing your
city police department's activities related to hate crimes:
17.3% Very little success or influence
40.3% Some success or influence
29.8% Unsure
12.5% A lot of success or influence
0.0%
Successful virtually all of the time
Based on your experience, how much impact do you
think hate crime laws have on reducing the number of hate crimes in your city?
7.8%
No impact
28.9% Very little impact
44.4% Some impact
14.4% Quite a bit of impact
4.4%
A very large impact
How strongly do you agree with the following
statement "Hate motivated crimes are more serious than other, similar but
non-bias motivated crimes."
2.9%
Strongly disagree
4.9%
Disagree
7.8%
Neither disagree or agree
45.1% Agree
39.2% Strongly agree
How much of a problem is lack of funding in your
city police department's efforts to enforce hate crime laws and collect
statistics on hate crime?
21.1% Not a problem
38.9% Slight problem
28.9% Problem
3.3%
Severe problem
7.8%
Severe and continuing problem
How much of a problem is lack of training in your
department's efforts to enforce hate crime laws and collect statistics on hate
crime?
7.2%
Not a problem
35.1% Slight problem
28.9% Problem
13.4% Severe problem
15.5% Severe and continuing problem
How much of a problem is resistance from regular
officers in your department's efforts to enforce hate crime laws and collect
statistics on hate crime?
9.9%
Not a problem
24.2% Slight problem
35.2% Problem
19.8% Severe problem
11.0% Severe and continuing problem
How concerned have local politicians in your city
been about the issue of hate crime in the past three years?
16.2% Not at all concerned
50.5% Somewhat concerned
21.0% Concerned
12.4% Very concerned
Would you say that your city police department's
efforts to enforce hate crime laws and statistics collection in the past three
years have:
2.0%
Decreased quite a bit
5.9%
Decreased a little
45.5% Remained the same
37.6% Increased a little
8.9%
Increased quite a bit
How does your group try to influence police activity
in your city on hate crimes?
94.2% participating in any activity
20.2% street protests, marches
55.8% meeting directly with police leaders
73.1% meeting with local politicians
50.0% meeting with state politicians (e.g. the
governor)
31.7% meeting with state officials (e.g. state
attorney general)
20.2% meeting with non-elected federal officials
(e.g. FBI, Dept. of Justice)
28.8% holding press conferences
37.5% collecting statistics on hate crimes or
incidents independent from
the
police
37.1% other
Does your group have any kind of documentation
program to collect statistics on hate crime or hate incidents? In other words, do you have a system, such
as a phone hotline, where victims of hate crime can report incidents to you and
you build a database of such incidents?
60.4% No
39.6% Yes
Does your organization engage in any of the
following (check all that apply)?
29.2%
provide hate crime victim assistance
35.8%
conduct educational campaigns for the general public
38.7%
conduct educational campaigns for targeted communities
4.7% set up volunteer street patrols
In the past 10 years, has their been a
bias-motivated crime committed in your city that seems to stick out in your
mind?
33.6% No
65.4% Yes
Do you cooperate or form coalitions with other
organizations on the issue of hate crime?
26.9% No
73.1% Yes
Do you cooperate or form coalitions with other
organizations on any other issues?
16.2% No
83.8% Yes
We would like you to compare the views of your
members with those of your leadership. On a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 meaning
poor match and 10 being excellent match, please rate your perception of how
closely the views of the leadership match those of the membership.
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Mean |
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N=
91 |
0.0% |
1.1% |
2.2% |
0.0% |
2.2% |
1.1% |
12.1% |
13.2% |
26.4% |
18.7% |
23.1% |
7.95 |
What was your organization's total budget in 1998?
Median: $33,500
What percent of your budget was spent on: (note: the
overlap between these questions may mean that the sum total will be greater
than 100%): mean percent
lobbying 10.6%
salaries 19.5%
office/supplies 21.4%
directly providing other services
to the community 50.7%
How many paid full-time staff members does your
organization have? Mean 8; Median 0
How many paid part-time staff members does your
organization have? Mean 3; Median 0
How many volunteer workers does your organization
have? Mean 59; Median 23
Please list the percent of your budget that comes
from the following sources:
mean
percent 47.1% small individual donations
15.1% large individual donations
16.0% grants from non-profit groups/foundations
17.6% grants from government
Is your organization a local branch or chapter of a
state or national group?
Yes
40.0% no 60.0%
On a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 meaning weak and 10
being strong, please rate your perception of your organization’s internal
cohesion.
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4 |
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9 |
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Mean |
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N=
103 |
0.0% |
1.0% |
0.0% |
5.8% |
4.9% |
8.7% |
13.6% |
8.7% |
24.3% |
16.5% |
16.5% |
7.32 |
On a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 meaning liberal and
10 being conservative, please rate your organization’s overall ideology (that
of the leadership and rank-and-file combined).
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Mean |
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N=
104 |
13.5% |
7.7% |
21.2% |
15.4% |
10.6% |
5.8% |
5.8% |
2.9% |
8.7% |
7.7% |
1.0% |
3.70 |