Preventing Hate Crime in Schools Tami Arreguin COM/172 March 25‚ 2013 Jenifer Casey Preventing Hate Crime in Schools According to the National Center of Education Statistics‚ for the 2009-10 school years‚ 920 schools reported a total of 3‚220 incidents of hate crimes (Neiman & Hill‚ 2011). This statistic is way too high for our schools when there are plenty of anti-hate programs are available to help educate teachers and students. With the increase of hate crimes in schools it should
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BUILD AND RUN MAGLEV TRAIN IN AUSTRELIA Aims and Objectives: The main objective of my research is to know what exactly the barrier in developing a MAGLEV train system in Australia? What are the innovative ideas by the rail industries in the world? Also very important to know why is the need for such innovation in the country like Australia? Rationale: According to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Australia is the sixth largest country in the world having land area of 7‚686‚850 km2. Australia
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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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Hate Crime and Its Past Kristina Kay Gonzales COM/172 February 14‚ 2012 Dave Kubel Hate Crime and Its Past “Federal law defines a hate crime as whenever the victim is attacked on the basis of his or her race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ sexual orientation or gender; hate offenses are directed against members of a particular group simply because of their membership in that group” (Levin & McDebitt‚ 1993). Hate
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Hate crime‚ also known as bias crime‚ is a criminal act committed against a person‚ property‚ or society which is motivated by the perpetrator ’s bias against a race‚ religion‚ disability‚ sexual orientation or ethnicity/national origin. Congress enacted the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990 on April 23 of that same year in response to growing national concern over crimes motivated by bias. The Act requires the Attorney General to "collect data about crimes that show evidence of prejudice based
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disturbing image; the unfortunate result of a hate crime. What exactly is a hate crime? The American Psychological Association defines hate crimes as "violent acts against people‚ property‚ or organizations because of the group to which they belong or identify with" (1). The different groups usually involved include homosexuals‚ ethnic groups‚ and religion affiliations. Dr. Jack McDevitt‚ a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston‚ said hate crimes are forms of messages the offender wants
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Hate Speech Should be Seen as a Larger Problem What is Hate Speech? “Hate is speech which attacks a person or group on the basis of attributes such as gender‚ ethnic origin‚ religion‚ race‚ disability‚ or sexual orientation.” People of all different backgrounds‚ races‚ and sexualities have been victims to hate speech‚ but should hate speech be more defined in laws and whether it should be punishable? I believe that people should have the right to their own opinions and be allowed to state them but
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we experience many emotions‚ love and hate being some of the most intense. Christianity‚ one of the most prevalent religions in our society‚ praises love as one of its virtues. Our society looks at these two terms as having completely opposite meanings due to the way they are used in every day conversations. The popularity of the word love and hate sometimes cloud their true meanings making it hard to truly see their similarities and differences. Love and hate are similar characteristics‚ including
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Making a Model Maglev Train Magnetically levitating (Maglev) trains use electromagnetic force to lift the train above the tracks. This system greatly reduces wear because there are few moving parts that carry heavy loads. It’s also more fuel efficient‚ since the energy needed to overcome friction is greatly reduced. Although maglev technology is still in its experimental stages‚ many engineers believe it will become the standard for mass transit systems over the next 100 years. This project
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Justice Frank Plunkett HATE CRIMES AGAINST THE HOMELESS In the past twelve years (1999-2010)‚ the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) has documented one thousand‚ one hundred eighty-four acts of violence against homeless individuals by housed perpetrators. These crimes are believed to be motivated by the perpetrators’ bias against homeless individuals or their ability to target homeless people with relative ease. The documented violence includes everything from murder to beatings‚ rapes
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