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UCLA psychologist: noncriminal hate incidents can be as disabling as crimes; calls for tailored clinical responses
Summary
Dr. Edward Dunbar, a UCLA clinical psychologist, told the commission that underreporting and intersectional vulnerabilities hinder victims' help-seeking; he urged training to identify competent clinicians, integration with public-health and ER responses, and cautious use of restorative justice depending on offender history.
Dr. Edward Dunbar, a clinical professor of psychology at UCLA, told the California Commission on the State of Hate that clinicians and institutions must treat hate incidents as clinically significant events even when they do not meet the threshold of a criminal offense.
"A hate incident can be just as disabling psychologically as a literal hate crime," Dunbar said in his presentation, explaining that chronic taunting and harassment can produce post-traumatic stress and deter…
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