Dealing With Hate Crimes

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There have been two strategies for dealing with hate crimes. States have made laws in relation to hate crime. These laws are aimed at prohibiting intimidation based on ethnicity and religion. While other state laws raise the severity of crime resulting in increase penalties. The other way hate crime has been creating programs and policies in the criminal justice system. The passage of Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1990 made it mandatory for states to report and record hate crimes. Locally additionally resources and attention has been giving to crimes motivated by bias.

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