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Advocates,
homeless shelter workers, and the National Coalition for the Homeless
(NCH) all began to recognize that reports of hate crimes and violent acts
against people experiencing homelessness were increasing with frequency
and brutality. As a result, in 1999, NCH began publishing
annual reports documenting hate crimes and violent attacks against people
experiencing homelessness. These
annual reports have not only served to document the number of deaths and
non-lethal attacks, but have included the individual stories of the victims
of these crimes. This annual
study makes evident the great number of crimes as well as the large geographic
area in which they occur.
Total
number of violent acts over 6 years: 386
Total
number of deaths over 6 years: 156
Total
number of non-lethal attacks over 6 years: 230
Number of cities where crimes occurred over 6 years: 140
Number of states where crimes occurred over 6 years: 39
plus Puerto Rico
Age ranges of the accused/convicted: from 11 to 65 years
of age
Age ranges of the victims: from 4 months old to 74 years
of age
Gender
of victims: male: 296 female:
44
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