Title: Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism

Source/Sponsoring Agency: California State University, San Bernadino. Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism

URL: http://www.hatemonitor.org/

Date Checked:       Status: Active

Date Annotated: 6/30/01

Topics: Civil Rights; Criminal Procedure; Foreign Law; International Law; Politics

Other keywords: California; Congress; Court decisions; First Amendment; Hate Groups; Legislation; Population; Statistics; Terrorism; United Nations

Contents: Based at California State University at San Bernardino, the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism supports research and provides information on trends in bigotry, terrorism, and "advocacy of extreme methods" against members of religious, racial, ethnic, etc. groups, for the benefit of scholars, activists, government officials, law enforcement, and the media. The News section contains reports of bias crimes, stories from the Associated Press, CNN, and other major news organizations (AP reports from the past two weeks are searchable by headline or keyword). The "Most Wanted" section posts wanted posters of fugitive terrorists, assassins, and persons accused of racially-motivated murders. The "Law" section contains model state anti-hate statutes, existing federal and California anti-bias legislation, and court decisions and legislation from other states and countries. Also included are recent legislative proposals and the Republican National Committee's analysis of proposed federal hate crime legislation. The "Research" section is the most original, covering a wide array of subject matter (although not all links functioned): crime statistics, lists of academic experts and hate groups, materials on anti-abortion violence and Holocaust denial; a CIA report on the future of terrorism; FBI reports on terrorism and cybercrime, and a smattering of historical documents, as well as the text of papers and testimony by Prof. Brian Levin, Esq., the Center's director. Additionally there are FAQs on extremism, victims' rights, law enforcement, and links to anti-hate organizations, government resources, and an interesting mix of documents on hate and violence in schools.

Author of Annotation: A. Carson