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    serious threat to all communities. Experts estimate that a bias-related crime is committed every 14 minutes. Criminal justice officials and state policy makers need to realize that it is key to make or adjust hate crime legislation. This has been a heated debate for centuries. I think more hate crime legislation is key to solving the ever-growing problem of hate crimes. The first legislative efforts to address bias-related crimes‚ dated back to the late 19th century‚ which was a response to the expanding

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    GUIDE Hate Crimes Spring 2013 This study guide is offered as a starting point for your studies. It is not exhaustive. All topics covered in class lectures‚ readings and films may appear on the exam. The Hows and Whys of Hate Crime Laws What is a hate crime? A crime motivated by racial‚ sexual‚ or other prejudice How many hate crimes were recorded by the FBI in its most recent hate crime report? 6‚222 According to the Petrosinos article and our text‚ were there hate crimes before

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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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    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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    Political Violence Hate Crimes A hate crime can be defined in two ways‚ by the legal definition and the criminological definition. The legal definition of a hate crime is a traditional offense like murder‚ arson‚ or vandalism with an added element of bias‚ a criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race‚ religion‚ disability‚ ethnic origin or sexual orientation. The criminological definition of a hate crime is a crime committed as an

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    been stated that recent crime happens between “losers” in society. “Losers” in this case are referring to young males‚ both unskilled and uneducated. They may be expected to direct their frustration internally‚ engaging in one or more of a variety of self-destructive behaviors‚ or outwardly‚ in the form of interpersonal violence. Hate crimes have long been a problem in American Society. Hate crime is a crime that will be most prevalent in the 21st century. Hate crimes and hate incidents are major

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    one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin‚ or his background‚ or his religion. People must learn to hate‚ and if they can learn to hate‚ they can be taught to love‚ for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” What is it that we show the whole world when we accept a crime so vicious in nature that they are seen as hate crimes? The United States is only 5% of the world’s population‚ but we have 25% of the world’s prisoners. This is very unfortunate for

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    Was killing Billy Jack a hate crime?  Explain your conclusion.  Can communities or institutions perpetrate the attitude‚ and sometimes the actions‚ exemplified in the hatred as expressed in the above?  The “Don’t ask‚ don’t tell” policy for the military has been dismantled.  Is this good‚ or should it have stayed in place?  Why?  What of those States that do not allow marriage or adoption for the gay community. Remember‚ under Federalism‚ the National Government has only powers constitutionally

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    Research Paper “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that” (Martin Luther King‚ 1957). It is essentially commonplace knowledge amongst the general public that hate still exists in our society and that it is a massive problem that needs to be fixed. In order to solve this problem‚ we as a society must focus on protecting individuals that are susceptible to hate‚ whilst also trying to minimize the hateful activities that occur in our

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    Hate Crime The simplest definition of what a hate crime is‚ is a crime committed against a victim due to his or her perceived role in a social group. Social groups can be defined by many factors such as sexual orientation‚ race‚ disability‚ religion‚ age‚ gender and many other factors. Within this essay I aim to evaluate the causes of hate crime and also to assess the impact of crime on victims and the strategies used for responding to hate crime. The types of hate crime I am going to be focusing

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