At least 1,056 hate crimes were committed in nine of nation’s largest cities in 2017, an increase of 18 percent from 2016 levels, according to police data compiled by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at CSUSB.
“Hate crimes in New York City were stubbornly flat in 2017, sustaining almost all of 2016’s double digit election year increase and hovering about 9 percent above the decade average,” wrote Brian Levin (criminal justice).
Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed for an article about the case of an 11-year-old Toronto girl who falsely claimed she was attacked by a stranger who tried to cut off her hijab.
Kathryn Ervin’s induction into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre and Brian Levin’s expertise in hate crimes and extremism make headlines locally and nationwide.
The expertise David Yaghoubian (history), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and a study by Daniel MacDonald and Yasemin Dildar (economics) were highlighted by news media over the weekend.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) is interviewed about the alleged affiliation of an Orange County murder suspect with a neo-Nazi group, and the type of person the group tries to recruit.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) is interviewed about reports of white supremacists flyers inserted into newsletters in San Bernardino and by Wisconsin Public Radio about the school shooting in Florida on Feb. 14.
Vice News interviewed Brian Levin (criminal justice and director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism) about a mapping tool that some activists are using to track down people affiliated with the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer.
Sant Khalsa (professor of art emerita), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and Alemayehu Mariam (political science) share their expertise in various news articles.