Hate crime or bias crime has been of the biggest issue in our society. At the beginning of 17th century and 18th century, the United States brought Africans to use as slave. These people were considerate less than a person only because their color of their skins. For decades African Americans slaves were exploited and humiliated by their owners. They were considered as a property and didn’t have any right. For African Americans be considered as an equal of White Americans take a lot of time. On January 1, 1863 African Americans’ slave were declared free by Abraham Lincoln, but they still were discriminated and didn’t have all the rights as citizens of the United States. People continues discriminated and putting them separated from the rest
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There are some issues that should be considered at the time of the hate crime. First, is hard to identify when is a hate crime. According to hate crimes offenders: an expanded typology, “For example, if a victim reports to the police that he was attacked because he is Hispanic, but upon investigation the police discover that the offender had himself been an assault victim recently and was trying to retaliate for that attack, many police officers are less likely to categorize such an assault as a hate crime.” (Mcdevitt, Levin & Bennett, 304) In cases of bias crime, there is no gains for the aggressor. There is not attempt to take money or personal items and there is no relationship between the victims and the offenders. People that commit this illegal act, have a strong belief that they are doing the right thing and nothing is wrong. Offenders want to send a message when they commit a these violent crime as a way of fear and inferiority and let the victims know that there are not welcome in specific areas. Most of the time crimes are committed because an attack committed for the thrill or excitement of the act. Based on the hate crime offenders: an expanded typology, “they conduct survey and concluded that 66 percent of the cases under review in this study were motivated by a desire for excitement or thrills. In this category of crimes, youths often told police they were bored and looking for some fun. In 91 percent of these thrill motivated cases, the perpetrators report having left their own neighborhood to search for a victims in another part town or a minority neighborhood.” (Mcdevitt, Levin & Bennett,
There are some issues that should be considered at the time of the hate crime. First, is hard to identify when is a hate crime. According to hate crimes offenders: an expanded typology, “For example, if a victim reports to the police that he was attacked because he is Hispanic, but upon investigation the police discover that the offender had himself been an assault victim recently and was trying to retaliate for that attack, many police officers are less likely to categorize such an assault as a hate crime.” (Mcdevitt, Levin & Bennett, 304) In cases of bias crime, there is no gains for the aggressor. There is not attempt to take money or personal items and there is no relationship between the victims and the offenders. People that commit this illegal act, have a strong belief that they are doing the right thing and nothing is wrong. Offenders want to send a message when they commit a these violent crime as a way of fear and inferiority and let the victims know that there are not welcome in specific areas. Most of the time crimes are committed because an attack committed for the thrill or excitement of the act. Based on the hate crime offenders: an expanded typology, “they conduct survey and concluded that 66 percent of the cases under review in this study were motivated by a desire for excitement or thrills. In this category of crimes, youths often told police they were bored and looking for some fun. In 91 percent of these thrill motivated cases, the perpetrators report having left their own neighborhood to search for a victims in another part town or a minority neighborhood.” (Mcdevitt, Levin & Bennett,