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    Law Against Hate Crimes

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    The first law against hate crimes was passed in 1968 as a civil rights act; the law was aimed at protecting people against any attacks based on race‚ religion or origin. A crime motivated by gender‚ disability and sexual preference could not be prosecuted as a hate crime until 2009.The FBI says that a hate crime can target either a person or property and can be motivated in whole or in part by biases‚ meaning offenders can have other motives besides hate. To track attacks such as these‚ the FBI

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    Hate Crimes Meshanda Rolland-Avera COM/172 March 21‚ 2012 Ms. Valery Reed Hate Crimes Hate crimes are many different criminal acts such as vandalism‚ arson‚ assault‚ and even murder. Many hate crimes are based on an individual’s race‚ gender‚ religion‚ age‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnicity‚ and disabilities. Everyone can be potential victims of hate crimes. Anyone from any social class can be considered targets for hate crimes. If you or a group believes in a different religion or speaks a different

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    NOT-SO-GOLDEN YEARS: WHY HATE CRIME LEGISLATION IS FAILING A VULNERABLE AGING POPULATION. Mich. St. L. Rev. 387. Retrieved from www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic Wang‚ L. (2000). RECOGNIZING OPPORTUNISTIC BIAS CRIMES. 80 B.U.L. Rev. 1399. Retrieved from www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic Taslitz‚ A. E. (2000). HATE CRIMES‚ FREE SPEECH‚ AND THE CONTRACT OF MUTUAL INDIFFERENCE. 80 B.U.L. Rev. 1283. Retrieved from www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic Ginsberg‚ A. (2011). Hate Is Enough HOW NEW

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    What if students going to school these days have no limits to clothing or what they could say could cause chaos.Schools should limit how students express themselves because if not then it may result into fights or anything worst than that‚ could get someone involved illegal crime‚ and creates hate crime. This shows that schools should limit how students express themselves. One reason‚ is it could result into fights or worse than that. My evidence is that “it remains free to express any view about

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    What Are Crimes Act 2007?

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    1. Primary Sources • Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 The Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 is the current legislation modifiable to the use of apprehended violence procedures that aim to protect persons from a variety of domestic violence offences. The Act has seen a numerous amount of amendments to improve and strengthen the detained violence order system. I sited the legislation through the Library page linking from the University of Newcastle website‚ under the

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    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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    Human fascination with the dark and twisted minds of criminals is not a new concept. For years‚ humans have tried to understand what draws people to commit terrible acts. When looking at crime as a whole‚ each case is vastly different in motivation‚ execution‚ and the effects they have on the culprit. The one unifying factor that does exist between crimes ranging from shoplifting to murder is the overwhelming presence of personality disorders that can motivate criminal behavior or justify it for

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    Crime and Crime Prevention

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    Assignment B – Crime and Crime prevention   ICT has greatly contributed to better crime prevention but has also increased some forms of  crime. Many Internet criminals are using a number of different methods in order to take what  they want from unsuspecting members of the public. There are multiple reasons why criminals  commit crime via the Internet‚ however the most common crimes are the theft of money‚ the  theft of identities or information and finally the damaging of others computers via methods 

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    In 2017 you’ll think we will stop seeing racial slurs and hate crimes because we are overcoming it with intelligence and common sense‚ well no; There have always been hate crimes‚ but ever since Donald Trump was elected candidate for the presidency there’s been much more discriminating and racism than ever‚ and why is this important? Because who wants to live in a country full of hate‚ anyways reports don’t lie. For example‚ more Anti-Semitic incidents‚ they increased 86% in the first quarter of

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    and white person‚ they are most likely going to experience racism or hate at one point in their life for being “different”. Even worse‚ the group of people that they classify with is going to experience a hate crime that is directed towards them. A hate crime is motivated by race‚ sexuality‚ and other prejudice that involves violence. It is meant to target the victim’s entire group and intimidate them. With all the hate crimes still being committed‚ there should be more laws for them because it protects

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