Hate Crimes In America Research Paper
Hate Crimes in America
Katherine Wright
Abstract
The purpose of this essay, is to discuss hate crimes and their effect on victims in America. In this essay I will discuss the meaning of hate crimes and the severity of hate crimes in America. I will discuss how perpetrators choose their victims. I will include statistics on those targeted in hate crimes and what can be done to prevent hate crimes.
Hate Crimes in America
Hate crimes are unfortunate acts of violence that affect victims and their families. Research has proven how these crimes can negatively affect victims and their families. Hate crimes committed in America are due to the beliefs in race, religion, and sexual preference. The severity of hate crimes in American society is staggering. …show more content…
Hate crimes exist because there is a lack of understanding and compassion for all people. Often time’s offenders are taught to hate a certain group of people because of their differences. Most hate crime offenders feel powerless growing up, they have an inferiority complex. Offenders were usually abused or teased as kids. Growing up as a kid who feels inferior, they learn to compensate in a negative, discriminating manner. They grow to hate out of a great need to feel powerful, this need is a direct result of how they were treated as a child. The ability to learn hate and prejudice is as natural as the ability to learn society’s most cherished values. Researchers have shown that those who commit hate crimes learn to hate, or discriminate against others at an early age. Most offenders often lack education and social skills. In some cases victims become offenders. They don’t understand what they did to provoke the perpetrator, and they retaliate against their attacker or someone similar to their attacker. Education and awareness can prevent these acts of violence. Teaching our children to love and be compassionate to their fellow man is a good way to prevent hate, which can turn into hate crimes. The ability to have an open mind and accept others as they are can also contribute to the prevention of …show more content…
(1986). The crime victim 's book (2nd Ed.). New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Black child and a Hasidic man die, igniting clashes in Brooklyn. (1991, August 21). New York Times, p. A1.
Brown, R. M. (1989). Historical patterns of violence. In T. R. Gurr (Ed.), Violence in America: Protest, rebellion, reform (Vol. 2, pp. 23-61). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Bureau of Justice Statistics. (1988). Report to the nation on crime and justice (2nd Ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.
Collison, M. N.-K. (1987, March 18). Racial incidents worry campus officials, prompt U. of Massachusetts study. Chronicle of Higher Education, pp. 1, 41-43.
Community Relations Service. (1990). the annual report of the Community Relations Service. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.
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Ephross, P. H., Barnes, A., Ehrlich, H. J., Sandnes, K. R., & Weiss, J. C. (1986). The ethno violence project: Pilot study. Baltimore: National Institute against Prejudice and Violence.
Katherine Wright
Abstract
The purpose of this essay, is to discuss hate crimes and their effect on victims in America. In this essay I will discuss the meaning of hate crimes and the severity of hate crimes in America. I will discuss how perpetrators choose their victims. I will include statistics on those targeted in hate crimes and what can be done to prevent hate crimes.
Hate Crimes in America
Hate crimes are unfortunate acts of violence that affect victims and their families. Research has proven how these crimes can negatively affect victims and their families. Hate crimes committed in America are due to the beliefs in race, religion, and sexual preference. The severity of hate crimes in American society is staggering. …show more content…
Hate crimes exist because there is a lack of understanding and compassion for all people. Often time’s offenders are taught to hate a certain group of people because of their differences. Most hate crime offenders feel powerless growing up, they have an inferiority complex. Offenders were usually abused or teased as kids. Growing up as a kid who feels inferior, they learn to compensate in a negative, discriminating manner. They grow to hate out of a great need to feel powerful, this need is a direct result of how they were treated as a child. The ability to learn hate and prejudice is as natural as the ability to learn society’s most cherished values. Researchers have shown that those who commit hate crimes learn to hate, or discriminate against others at an early age. Most offenders often lack education and social skills. In some cases victims become offenders. They don’t understand what they did to provoke the perpetrator, and they retaliate against their attacker or someone similar to their attacker. Education and awareness can prevent these acts of violence. Teaching our children to love and be compassionate to their fellow man is a good way to prevent hate, which can turn into hate crimes. The ability to have an open mind and accept others as they are can also contribute to the prevention of …show more content…
(1986). The crime victim 's book (2nd Ed.). New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Black child and a Hasidic man die, igniting clashes in Brooklyn. (1991, August 21). New York Times, p. A1.
Brown, R. M. (1989). Historical patterns of violence. In T. R. Gurr (Ed.), Violence in America: Protest, rebellion, reform (Vol. 2, pp. 23-61). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Bureau of Justice Statistics. (1988). Report to the nation on crime and justice (2nd Ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.
Collison, M. N.-K. (1987, March 18). Racial incidents worry campus officials, prompt U. of Massachusetts study. Chronicle of Higher Education, pp. 1, 41-43.
Community Relations Service. (1990). the annual report of the Community Relations Service. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.
Davis, R. C., & Friedman, L. N. (1985). The emotional aftermath of crime and violence. In C. R. Figley (Ed.), Trauma and its wake (pp. 90-112). New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Elias, R. (1986). The politics of victimization: Victims, victimology and human rights. New York: Oxford University Press
Ephross, P. H., Barnes, A., Ehrlich, H. J., Sandnes, K. R., & Weiss, J. C. (1986). The ethno violence project: Pilot study. Baltimore: National Institute against Prejudice and Violence.