SUPPORTING STATEMENT
1110-0015
HATE CRIME INCIDENT REPORT/QUARTERLY HATE CRIME REPORT
A. Justification.
1. Necessity of Information Collection
On April 23, 1990, Congress enacted the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990 under the authority of
Title 28, Section 534, U.S. Code, Acquisition, Preservation, and Exchange of Identification
Records; Appointment of Officials. The Act requires the Attorney General to establish guidelines
and collect, as part of the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, data about crimes that
manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity,
including where appropriate the crimes of murder, nonnegligent manslaughter; forcible rape;
aggravated assault, simple assault, intimidation; arson; and destruction, damage or vandalism of
property. In September 1994, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act amended the
Hate Crime Statistics Act to add disabilities, both physical and mental, as factors that could be
considered a basis for hate crimes.
The 1-699 Hate Crime Incident Report form supplies the national UCR Program with
information about each hate crime incident including the offense classification and its respective
bias motivation, the number and type of victims, the location of the incident, the number of
suspected offenders, and the suspected offender’s race. The 1-700 Quarterly Hate Crime Report
was developed in order to acquire/collect/count the total number of reported bias-motivated
incidents for the calendar quarter, and to delete any incidents previously reported that have been
determined during the reporting period not to have been motivated by bias. Additionally, law
enforcement agencies submit the Quarterly Hate Crime Report to report zero hate crime incidents; that is, no hate crime incidents occurred in their jurisdiction that quarter. Forms 1-699
and 1-700 are received from city, county, state, federal, and tribal law enforcement agencies
throughout the country.
Since the passing of the Hate Crime Statistics Act in 1990, the FBI has maintained a database
and serves as the national clearinghouse for hate crime statistics; since 1991, the FBI has
compiled and disseminated statistics on offenses determined by law enforcement to have been
driven by bias against race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability. Collection of
data on these forms allows for quality control measures to be applied uniformly, ultimately
resulting in the release of data by agency, state, and the Nation in the annual publications Crime
in the United States (CIUS) and Hate Crime Statistics.
The following serve in an advisory capacity to the FBI’s UCR Program: Criminal Justice I
information Systems Committee, International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); Criminal
Justice Information Services Committee, National Sheriffs’ Association; and Criminal Justice
Information Services Advisory Policy Board. A revision of this currently approved collection is
requested in addition to a 3-year extension.
The revisions on the existing form are:
Form 1-699
On top header, revision date should be 1-699 (Rev. 05-07-09)
Form 1-700
On top header, revision date should be 1-700 (Rev. 05-07-09)
Under Name and Title of Preparer insert a line for E-mail Address of Preparer
2. Needs and Uses
The 1-699 and 1-700 are necessary in order for law enforcement agencies to submit hate crime
on hard copy. Quarterly hate crime data are used for research or statistical purposes; The
national UCR Program is able to generate reliable information on crime(s) motivated from a
person’s bias(es). The hate crime data serve as a valuable resource to city, county, state, federal,
and tribal law enforcement agencies, as well as Academe, other government agencies, public, and
media. Dissemination of hate crime data are provided in the annual publications CIUS, and Hate
Crime Statistics, or when requested, supplied on hard copy printout or magnetic media. These
hate crime data are of invaluable use for research and statistical analysis. Examples of other
agencies uses are:
a. Centralized state UCR Programs and those states without a central repository
obtain data files of their agencies' reported annual data.
b. State and national legislators, Congress, and the White House request hate crime
data.
Human Interest Groups, (Anti-Defamation League), citizens, social scientists, and
the media request hate crime data.
Annual UCR data are requested by the Inter-University Consortium for Political
and Social Research. This central repository serves as a single facility from which
colleges/universities can obtain social science data.
3. Use of Information Technology
Currently, 73 percent of participating law enforcement agencies submit forms 1-699 and 1-700
electronically. Electronic submissions are received via magnetic media and/or Law Enforcement Online (LEO) email at [email protected]. The ability of agency participants (state UCR
Programs/Direct Contributors) to transmit quarterly data via the LEO has eliminated the need for
participants to process then mail magnetic media or hard copy to the FBI. The UCR Program
made these forms available as pdf printable documents on the Internet at
www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/formssummary.htm.
4. Efforts to Identify Duplication
This information collection was authorized in direct response to the enactment of Title 28,
Section 534, U.S. Code and the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990. The FBI's UCR Program is
the only agency collecting extensive data on hate crime in the United States.
5. Minimizing Burden on Small Businesses
This information will have no significant impact on small entities. No small business will be
affected by this collection.
6. Consequences of Not Conducting or less frequent Collection
The primary emphasis in developing an approach for collecting national hate crime statistics was
to avoid placing major new reporting burdens on law enforcement agencies contributing data to
the UCR Program. Because hate crime is not a separate, distinct crime but rather traditional
offenses motivated by the offender’s bias, it can be collected by merely capturing additional
information about offenses already being reported to UCR. Agencies are required to submit hate
crime statistics quarterly, although agencies submitting via NIBRS submit hate crime incidents
monthly due to the inclusion of a Bias Motivation Data Element.
The law enforcement community has an ever-increasing need for timely and accurate data. The UCR Program continually strives to supply valid, up to date information on crimes motivated by
bias so that those interested in these occurrences will have current data to better understand the
scope of this societal problem and educate others of the seriousness of hate crimes and present
possible solutions to limit or deter future acts. Obtaining quarterly statistics enables law
enforcement to develop effective measures to combat bias-motivated crime and supply to the
community an accounting of public safety.
7. Special Circumstances
All hate crime data are collected/received from UCR Program participants on a quarterly basis
and/or incident-based data are collected/received on a monthly basis. The FBI's UCR Program
has established various time frames and deadlines for acquiring the data. Quarterly
reports/submissions should be received by the FBI by the fifteenth day after the close of each
quarter. Annual deadlines are also designated in order to collect/assess receipt of quarterly
submissions. There are times when special circumstances may cause an agency to request an
extension. The FBI's UCR Program has the authority to grant these extensions. Participation in
the national UCR Program is voluntary. Tabulations are inclusive of only those agencies' hate
crime counts received.
8. Public Comments and Consultations
This information collection, as part of the FBI's UCR Program, has been endorsed by the
International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Sheriffs' Association, the Criminal
Justice Information Services Advisory Policy Board, the International Association of Directors of
Law Enforcement Standards and Training, and the Association of State Uniform Crime
Reporting Programs. These organizations represent the information collection's respondents and
provide valuable feedback on the UCR data collection, usage, and UCR policy. These
organizations foster widespread use of uniform crime statistics and lend assistance to
contributors when needed. The 60 and 30 day notices have been published in the federal register
and no comments were received.
9. Provision of Payments or Gifts to Respondents
The FBI's UCR Program does not provide any payment or gift to respondents.
10. Assurance of Confidentiality
Forms 1-699 and 1-700 do not contain personal identifier information that may reveal the identity
of an individual. The data is obtained from public agencies and are, therefore, in the public
domain. The FBI UCR Program does not assure confidentiality.
11. Justification for Sensitive Questions
The 1-699 and 1-700 forms do not collect information of a sensitive nature.
12. Estimate of Respondent's Burden
We estimated the respondent's burden for this data collection as follows:
Number of respondents 13,242
Frequency of responses 4 times per year
Total annual responses 52,968
Minutes per response 9 minutes
Annual hour burden 7,945 hours
Total number of agencies reporting hate crime 13,242
Total annual responses 13,242 x 4 = 52,968
Annual hour burden 13,242 x 4 x 9 / 60 = 7,945
13. Estimate of Cost Burden
There are no direct costs to law enforcement to participate in the UCR Program other than their
time to respond. With the renewal of this form, there are no revisions of a technical nature;
therefore, respondents are not expected to incur any capital, start-up, or system maintenance costs
associated with this information collection.
14. Cost to Federal Government
It is difficult to estimate the annual cost to the federal government under the clearance request.
The following are generalized projections based upon prior collection activity as well as
activities anticipated over the next 3 years.
Hate Crime Data Collection and Processing Costs
$934,934.51
This figure is a detailed cost projection provided by CJIS Financial Management Unit
15. Reason for Change in Burden
There is no increase in burden on the individual respondents; however, the overall annual burden
hours have increased due to the increase in the number of respondents reporting quarterly
statistics on hard copy.
16. Anticipated Publication Plan and Schedule
Published data are derived from data submissions furnished to the FBI from local, county, state,
federal, and tribal law enforcement agencies throughout the country. Hate Crime data are
published in the annual edition of CIUS and Hate Crime Statistics. Although, to be included in
these publications, law enforcement agencies must have submitted data for at least one month of
the calendar year.
Request missing data from agencies February-March
Deadline to submit data mid-March
Data Processing/Analysis July-May
Publication of data October of following year/CIUS
November of following year/Hate
Crime Statistics
17. Display of Expiration Date
All information collected under this clearance will display the OMB Clearance Number and
Expiration Date.
18. Exception to the Certification Statement
The FBI’s CJIS Division does not request an exception to the certification of this information
collection.
B. Collection of Information Employing Statistical Methods
The CJIS Division does not employ statistical methods when collecting this information.
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