Officials define hate crimes as a criminal offense against a person or property, motivated by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender or gender identity.

Source: http://capoliticalreview.com/trending/hate-crimes-in-california-rose-20-in-2022-report-says/

Such outcomes are used when it’s believed to be the best way of reducing crime and influencing an offender’s behaviour.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2023/02/04/fewer-crimes-lead-to-charge-in-west-midlands/

The complainant from the hit-and-run said she did not disclose the alleged offender’s identity since she did not want him to get in trouble.

Source: https://www.enewspf.com/law-and-order/what-went-down-uncovering-the-narratives-of-two-arrests-of-one-man/