Rethinking the war against hate crimes: A New York City perspective.

Discusses the implementation of a police-made hate crime reporting policy in New York City. Bias Crime Unit of the New York Police Department (NYPD); NYPD's definition of a bias crime; Criteria and questions for identifying bias incidents; Political sensitivity of the labeling decision; Members of the Bias Review Panel and their functions; Bias Unit's aggregate statistics; Civil rights.