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    Parenting And Hate Crimes

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    Bad Parenting and Hate Crimes Abstract The effects of bad parenting cannot be patrolled by the federal government because of the freedoms afforded to American citizens in the constitution. Bad parents instill in their children a number of negative values and morals that influence how they treat others and their relationship with crime. There are many institutions afforded by the federal government like public schools‚ police departments and social service programs that aid children from troubled

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    Hate Crime Analysis

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    Hate Crime Analysis Kim Hull CJA/540 Criminological Theory October 13‚ 2011 Facilitator David Mailloux CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify that the attached paper is my original work. I am familiar with‚ and acknowledge my responsibilities which are part of‚ the University of Phoenix Student Code of Academic Integrity. I affirm that any section of the paper which has been submitted previously is attributed and cited as such‚ and that this paper has not been submitted by anyone else. I have

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    Victims Of Hate Crimes

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    Introduction Hate crimes has existed since the colonization of America. It was used for the justification of murder‚ rape‚ theft‚ and other ways to oppress people‚ mainly people of color. Hate crime is defined as an illegal act involving intentional selection of a victim based on the perpetrator’s bias or prejudges against the actual or alleged status of the victim (Hall‚ 2013). In 2013‚ the nation’s law enforcement agencies reported that there were 7‚242 victims of hate crimes (Wilson‚ 2014). Of

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    Racial Hate Crimes

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    Hate Crimes Religious & Racial Hate Crimes Introduction: Through history you hear of major crimes committed out of the hate for a certain culture or race or maybe even sexual orientation. These crimes are now considered a “Hate Crime” since 1968 after the murder of Matthew Shepard‚ a gay college kid murdered in Wyoming (Abrams‚ 2009). A Hate crime is “a crime criminal offense committed against a person‚ proper tot society that is motivated‚ in a whole or in

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    Hate Crime Legislation

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    Hate Crime Legislation Although many people are unaware of what hate crimes are or fail to the see the seriousness of this issue‚ the government and influential figures in the United States should raise awareness about hate crimes and improve resources for the investigation and prosecution of hate crime. Hate crimes are very important because they protect certain groups of people from being harassed. Most people do not understand what a hate crime is. A hate crime is an act or attempted criminal

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    Bias and Hate Crimes

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    different races‚ ethnicities‚ religions and sexual orientations‚ it is important to understand both the goals and challenges of policing and dealing with hate and bias crimes. Considering that since the beginning stages of immigration we have tried to support successful assimilation‚ hate and bias crimes create a huge barrier. Hate and bias crimes “occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership in a certain social group‚ usually defined by race‚ religion‚ sexual orientation

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    Hate Crimes In Society

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    Hate crimes have and always will be an appalling flaw to society. Yet many people are unaware of the characteristics of a hate crime. Hate crimes are any traditional crime such as arson‚ murder‚ invasion of privacy‚ or vandalism that the victim was selected because of their race‚ gender‚ gender identity‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnicity or religion. Over human beings history‚ hate crimes have been heavily targeted at several groups‚ yet the effect on society is always the same‚ and that is that it

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    Hate Crimes in America

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    Hate Crimes in America How serious should the threat of a hate crime be taken? According to Ellis Cose‚ the African American author of Ignore the Noose Makers‚ to pay too much attention to the idiocy of those who hang nooses simply to intimidate their black target‚ “is to grant them an importance they do not deserve.” Nooses have a horrific history associated with them. They are known to be used in lynching (punishing people for crimes by private citizens without trial‚ whether they are guilty or

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    Latino Hate Crimes

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    For my topic and potential research paper I chose to do my research on hate crimes focusing on the Latino population. I chose this because I am currently taking Latino/a Struggles for Civil Rights and Social Justice. The course focuses on social movements that have occurred in the past and the effects the social movements have had on social justice and civil rights for Latino/as today‚ as well as other impacts the movements may have had on other minorities. For this course‚ I was instructed to do

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    Hate Crimes Essay

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    are the roots of the violence/hate crimes today in our contemporary society? What can we do to reduce them? Explain. The world is full of HATE. What is this word? What makes someone HATE someone else enough to kill or harm another human being? Hate crimes are criminal actions intended to harm or intimidate people because of their race‚ ethnicity‚ sexual orientation‚ religion‚ or other minority group status. They are also referred to as bias crimes. Hate crimes have been going on in the world

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