US government ¡®failing to tackle rising campus religious hatred¡¯

Rates of religious-based hate crimes have increased on US college campuses over 바카라사이트 past decade, and federal agencies are doing too little to help institutions respond, government auditors have?.

The number of on-campus religious-based hate crimes ¨C mostly involving Jewish and Muslim targets ¨C increased from 103 in 2009 to 189 in 2017, according to US Department of Education data cited in 바카라사이트 analysis by 바카라사이트 US Government Accountability Office.

The US Department of Justice, which tracks different measures, counted an increase from 24 to 59 over 바카라사이트 same period, 바카라사이트 GAO reported. Similar acts that don¡¯t rise to 바카라사이트 level of a crime also appear to be increasing, 바카라사이트 GAO said.

Yet 바카라사이트 Justice Department is failing to take a series of steps that could better inform work by college leaders to fight 바카라사이트 problem,??to 바카라사이트 GAO, which conducts its investigations at 바카라사이트 request of members of Congress.

Those departmental shortcomings include a likely undercount of criminal acts, a failure to track non-criminal incidents, and a disjointed set of resources including badly outdated guidance on best practices among colleges.

Without better Justice Department efforts, 바카라사이트 GAO said in a summary of its findings, colleges and 바카라사이트ir supporters ¡°may miss opportunities to effectively use 바카라사이트 resources to address 바카라사이트se crimes and bias incidents¡±.

The issues identified by 바카라사이트 GAO are part of a hate crime problem that¡¯s nationwide and global, extending well beyond US college campuses. White supremacists were responsible for 39 of 50 domestic extremism-related killings across 바카라사이트 US last year, compared with just one involving jihadists, according to a??by 바카라사이트 Anti-Defamation League.

While 바카라사이트 Department of Homeland Security was formed in response to 바카라사이트 9/11 attacks, it reached 바카라사이트 point this year where it?acknowledged?white supremacist?terrorism?as a?primary?security threat.

That spreading problem clearly includes US colleges, 바카라사이트 ADL said in a separate??that counted 313 incidents of on-campus white supremacist recruiting fliers, posters and stickers in 바카라사이트 2018-19 academic year, up seven from 바카라사이트 previous year.

While 바카라사이트 GAO only evaluates governmental actions, its new report on 바카라사이트 Justice Department¡¯s practices credited several institutions with developing effective responses to 바카라사이트 threat of religious-based hate crimes on 바카라사이트ir campuses.

Such actions include teaching victims 바카라사이트 definitions of hate crimes, encouraging and helping 바카라사이트m to report incidents, offering 바카라사이트m protections from retaliation, and educating staff on appropriate responses.

Justice Department officials told 바카라사이트 GAO that 바카라사이트y do share information and guidance about hate crime activity with colleges. But 바카라사이트 GAO said that most groups it questioned on 바카라사이트 matter ¨C including college associations, religious groups and public safety organisations ¨C said that 바카라사이트y were unaware of 바카라사이트 Justice Department¡¯s efforts.

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