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Show A Closer Look at Hate James Porter (Richard Fowles) Departm*nt of Economics T he MudyoF hale crime is a Fairly new area For academic research. The U5HateGime5ta1"tst"cs Bill enabled in 1 !W deK ribes hate c rime? a? "crimes thai manifest evrdence cjF prejudice Iviwd on race, religion. Hsua! orientation or el h n k rty, inc lucJirq vrfhere- appropriate 1 he crimes of m urd^r. nonTregfi-gent manslaughter, forcible rape, aggravated aswuh.simpfcnsMultirtimidrtrm arson. nnd^Miuci^n dan?fl€ d vandal ^m t?f prrjperty'^Pyblic L?w101 275). Wth the Hate C"to Statisi ^i Sill the FBI Parted 1c a?1 her hate cnrracbta ?1 the national laveland include itv^"dhlnite annual Unrfrirm Cirnip Report: theUCfl d?1a l valuable to re^eare he*5 and is 1 he Focus of this pap^r. B«au« of the nature oF atfld with tht rpethods oF d?1a willKiKin u^ed bythtFELHhere^re lim"rtation5aKr>natedvrtih from the \XR data. Ne^erthetes^ the puip^jp^f this paper ii to uw the exten^i-^e knowkdqe ^arnpred From th 2fflti «nsu& i n roni u no H?n with the UCRto learn mc*e about r^p^ni variables and then association with hate Thi5r>npei t^ksni thp^^ntinn research on hate- cnrne d?1an confirmirq sorne findings while at the snrpe tm^e adding to the esisi mg Irtetninrp Ourecorxinetrr nodplrieni rfiei two nLMewoHhyvnn^ble? associated with hate- cnrnes. Our model finds that per capita mcorne?nd1 he percentage of African America n* m the pcputrtior are-static Vallysifjnincant explanatory va rubles wh^ndpsrribirfl 1 he rate of hntpcrinp rW?5t interesUng h/m our model aw the signs on 1 he coeflVrents For per capitn i n^Lxpeardi he percentage oF African Anierican?. Thecoef ficient For per capitn i n^L^pe is po&"d iw thus inpJvirq that Ivite c rime Is positively assocVrted with affluence. The coflfifclent For the variable, percentage of African Americans, is negative tei ling us that thegreaterihe extent oF AmerVan mi norHystai us the-higher the rate oF hale crime. The pnr^r then se^k* 1o ^nrmne the impnca oF our ffl^r>?me1rV model and provide satisfactory sociological wphnations For our Pncfir^s. Inconclu^n 1he pnp^r suqgeMs »me possibilities fen he dired^n of fuluip research thai couU perhaps shed light on the nature Armes Pcrtff |