Britain Reports Rise in Hate Crimes, but the Reasons Might Not Be All Bad The rise can be attributed to increased public awareness and to changes in British law stemming from a perception-based definition of what counts as a hate crime. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:U.S. Aid Package to Philippines Deferred Amid Drug CrackdownParis Journal: Rodents Run Wild in Paris. Blame the European Union.Op-Ed Contributor: Will Democracy Survive Trump’s Populism? Latin America May Tell UsSinosphere: Don’t Call It ‘Smog’ in Beijing, Call It a ‘Meteorological Disaster’On Campus: American Universities in a Gulf of HypocrisyEgypt Says Traces of Explosives Were Found on EgyptAir Crash Victims