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Expert calls for stronger local hate‑crime infrastructure, highlighting undercounted victimizations
Summary
At the commission’s July meeting, Nadia Aziz of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights urged municipalities to strengthen anti‑hate infrastructure, improve reporting to the FBI and expand trauma‑informed supports after presenting FBI and National Crime Victimization Survey figures showing large gaps in official counts.
Nadia Aziz, senior director of the Fighting Hate and Bias Program at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, told the California Commission on the State of Hate that federal hate‑crime data substantially undercount victimizations and that local governments must build capacity to support survivors.
“This data is known to be significantly underreported,” Aziz said, summarizing differences between FBI Uniform Crime Reporting totals and survey‑based estimates. She told commissioners the FBI’s published data (most recent through 2023) shows roughly 11,012 reported hate crimes in recent years, but the National Crime Victimization Survey estimates on the order…
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