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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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 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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Racist acts and hate crimes have always been around. There is always a cause or reason as to why these incidents occur. Whether it is discrimination to another race‚ or if it is caused by a popular trend‚ these actions are overall dreadful. People make their own opinions. These opinions sometimes will be made off of what they have experienced‚ but it is always followed by what they truly believe. Which leads exactly to the outcome‚ of the 2016 Presidential Election. There is a direct correlation
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The type of research for that suitable for analyzing the impact of imprisonment on hate crime offenders is quantitative. Quantitative research is a technique that produces measurable results that can be analyzed statistically‚ as to where qualitative research produces subjective results that are difficult to quantify. The pros of using qualitative research is that you can explore more topics in more depth and detail. Is often less expensive‚ because you don’t have to recruit as many participants
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Are hate crime penalty enforcement laws constitutional? "That ’s Gay." If you are around teenagers today‚ that is a phrase you will most likely hear very often. It is not necessarily meant as a homophobic or hate-filled remark‚ and most of the time it is referring to an object‚ an idea‚ or a conversation; things that obviously have no sexual orientation. But now‚ according to a bill passed by the senate‚ it could almost be considered a hate crime. Many people support the widening of hate crime
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attacks from the terror groups from the middle east. Theses groups consist of ISIS‚ Al-Qaeda‚ and many more. One of the most recent terrorist attacks was in Damascus killing 74 from a twin bomb killing around 50 pilgrims and 20ish government fighters. With these attacks on the rise it only hurts the religion in real world. The aftermath of these violent crimes are usually multiple casualties‚ wars‚ and hate crimes; after the 2001 attack “9/11” the percentage of hate crimes for anti-islamic heritage
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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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Hate Crimes and the Homosexual Community Dontae Anderson Com/172 Professor Baker October 29th‚ 2012 Abstract In this paper I am talking about Hate crimes against the Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. I show that though Hate crimes are classified as crimes that are evoked by sexual orientation‚ race‚ identity‚ gender‚ or religion. Hate crimes are more common amongst the gay and transgender men. I show states with highest conviction rate in 2012. I also show the upward
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figure. If I was a hate crime offender I feel like I am more likely to trust someone who is not in my view an authority figure such as a peer or a community leader. If I was a community leader my plan to decrease hate crimes will be community meetings regarding the issue‚ I would try to encourage parents and their children to attend the meetings since offenders tend to be young males. It is important to talk to these families and help them understand the impact that hate crimes causes on the victims
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