Hate incidents are notoriously underreported; now, there's an app for that

(University of Utah) The FBI is responsible for tracking hate crimes across the US, but the data are notoriously unreliable. University of Utah geographers want to fill the data gap with an app. The first of its kind, the app accepts reports beyond crimes captured in police records. Users from around the country can document all incident types, from derogatory epithets written in bathrooms to slurs yelled from a car window in addition to violent assaults.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://bit.ly/2I4WnY3