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racial assault  

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  • For almost 20 years, the U.S. Department of Justice though the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been documenting the number and characteristics of known racial and ethnically motivated assault offenses in the United States. This entry will focus on crimes that are motivated entirely or in part by the race or ethnicity of the victim. [Source: Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America; Racial Assault]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/racial_assault

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