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It is said that 65% of hate crimes go unreported and the offenders go unpunished. More than half of the horrible crimes that happened to individuals due to their disabilities, their race/ethnicity, or gender are pushed aside and the victims are forced to live with the face that their offenders are still out there and not locked up behind bars. Listed above, are not the only types of people and reasons people commit hate crimes. According to the Daily Hearld newspaper, and an article written by Katie Smith on may 9,2017, A man was charged with hate crime after vandalizing and committing burglary not one, but two churches in the town of Wheaton, IL. Religion is something that people have very different opinions about, but usually remains silent about their feelings to avoid conflict and confrontation with people with opposite beliefs. A conflict theorist, would exam this crime and as they believe, we label people to be more deviant when they seem to have no power in their life or in the situation. Conflict theorists believe that people, who have power in the law, create the laws to benefit themselves and the things they plan on doing. People without power like