From 2005 to 2019, 96.4 percent of defendants convicted of a hate crime under the Hate Crime Prevention Act in the United States were sentenced to prison time. Over the same period of time, about 63 percent of those who committed damage to religious property were sentenced to prison time.
Share of hate crime defendants convicted in the United States from 2005 to 2019, by hate crime and sentence
Characteristic
Prison
Probation only
Suspended sentence
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Exclusive Premium Statistic
To access all Premium Statistics, you need a paid Statista Account
Profit from the additional features of your individual account
Currently, you are using a shared account. To use individual functions (e.g., mark statistics as favourites, set
statistic alerts) please log in with your personal account.
If you are an admin, please authenticate by logging in again.
Learn more about how Statista can support your business.
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (July 8, 2021). Share of hate crime defendants convicted in the United States from 2005 to 2019, by hate crime and sentence [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1250545/share-type-hate-crime-defendants-convicted-us-sentence/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Share of hate crime defendants convicted in the United States from 2005 to 2019, by hate crime and sentence." Chart. July 8, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1250545/share-type-hate-crime-defendants-convicted-us-sentence/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2021). Share of hate crime defendants convicted in the United States from 2005 to 2019, by hate crime and sentence. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1250545/share-type-hate-crime-defendants-convicted-us-sentence/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Share of Hate Crime Defendants Convicted in The United States from 2005 to 2019, by Hate Crime and Sentence." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1250545/share-type-hate-crime-defendants-convicted-us-sentence/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Share of hate crime defendants convicted in the United States from 2005 to 2019, by hate crime and sentence Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1250545/share-type-hate-crime-defendants-convicted-us-sentence/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of hate crime defendants convicted in the United States from 2005 to 2019, by hate crime and sentence [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 8, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1250545/share-type-hate-crime-defendants-convicted-us-sentence/