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→Anti-homosexual violence: anaylsis of stats
=== Anti-homosexual violence ===
=== Anti-homosexual violence ===
For 2005, the FBI reported 1,171 anti-gay violent crimes. Violent crimes are defined as murder,
For 2005, the FBI reported 1,171 anti-gay violent crimes. <ref>U.S. Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation, [http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2005/table4.htm Uniform Crime Reports], Offense Type by Bias Motivation, 2005 Table 4. </ref> Violent crimes are defined as murder,
nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, aggravated assault, simple assault, intimidation, and other. Overall, for the general population, the FBI reports a violent crime rate of 20 victims per 1000 US persons. <ref>U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics[http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/viort.htm Violent Crime Rates]</ref> Since 2003, there have been no anti-homosexual murders in the United States. <ref>U.S. Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation, [http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2005/table4.htm Uniform Crime Reports], Offense Type by Bias Motivation, 2005 Table 4. </ref>
nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, aggravated assault, simple assault, intimidation, and other. For the general population, the FBI reports a violent crime rate of 20 victims per 1000 US persons <ref>U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics[http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/viort.htm Violent Crime Rates]</ref> or 1 in 50 of the overall population. This would seem to indicate, unless the homosexual population of the United States is slightly more than 500,000, the incidence of violence against gays is much lower than the overall population by on order of several magnitutdes. In all of 2004, there was 1 anti-homosexual murder in the United States, and the FBI has reported none since. <ref>U.S. Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation, [http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2004/tables/HateCrime2004.pdf Uniform Crime Reports], Offense Type by Bias Motivation, 2004 Table 4. </ref>
==See also==
==See also==