Hate crimes is listed as the number one priority of our Civil Rights program. As defined from FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) Program, hate crime is a traditional offense like murder, arson, or vandalism with an added element of bias. It is also defined as a criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in a part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity. Hate crimes happen often enough in the society that it has a multitude of myths and speculations. Hate crimes can include single-bias incidents, racial bias, religious bias, sexual-orientation bias, ethnicity/national origin bias, disability bias, and much more. In this paper I shall take into
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However, that is not the case at all. Homosexuals are more likely to be victims of hate crimes than heterosexuals. If we look at table five on bias motivation, we can see that homosexuals have a higher amount of offenses than heterosexuals. Yes, the years fluctuate when it comes to offenses pertaining to homosexuals, but as it is shown, heterosexuals experiences three or four times less than the amount of homosexuals. Table five also shows that up until 2006 the number of offenses for homosexuals stay closer in the range of two hundred with the exception of year 2003. The year 2007 was recorded as three hundred and sixty-two incidents while it fluctuates between three hundred and four hundred incidents until 2011. However, heterosexuals never came close to the number of incidents as homosexuals. It is stated that heterosexuals ranged between twenty incidents to thirty incidents, except in year 2003 the number of incidents was recorded at fifteen. There is a large difference between homosexuals and heterosexuals when it comes to hate crimes. Homosexuals are more likely to be victims of hate crimes. We also have to take in consideration that some hate crimes are not reported due to threats or embarrassment. Other victims might not contact the police until it is a dying need of an emergency. It is also pointed out that some homosexuals feel as if they …show more content…
The UCR Program allows anyone to prove any myth or speculation about race, gender, ethnics or other things from accurate data. It is important to find the hidden truth that some people don’t seek out because they would rather go with anybody’s opinion. It’s not easy to get facts especially from the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Program but it does give satisfaction in knowing a myth or stereotype can be proven wrong or right with
However, that is not the case at all. Homosexuals are more likely to be victims of hate crimes than heterosexuals. If we look at table five on bias motivation, we can see that homosexuals have a higher amount of offenses than heterosexuals. Yes, the years fluctuate when it comes to offenses pertaining to homosexuals, but as it is shown, heterosexuals experiences three or four times less than the amount of homosexuals. Table five also shows that up until 2006 the number of offenses for homosexuals stay closer in the range of two hundred with the exception of year 2003. The year 2007 was recorded as three hundred and sixty-two incidents while it fluctuates between three hundred and four hundred incidents until 2011. However, heterosexuals never came close to the number of incidents as homosexuals. It is stated that heterosexuals ranged between twenty incidents to thirty incidents, except in year 2003 the number of incidents was recorded at fifteen. There is a large difference between homosexuals and heterosexuals when it comes to hate crimes. Homosexuals are more likely to be victims of hate crimes. We also have to take in consideration that some hate crimes are not reported due to threats or embarrassment. Other victims might not contact the police until it is a dying need of an emergency. It is also pointed out that some homosexuals feel as if they …show more content…
The UCR Program allows anyone to prove any myth or speculation about race, gender, ethnics or other things from accurate data. It is important to find the hidden truth that some people don’t seek out because they would rather go with anybody’s opinion. It’s not easy to get facts especially from the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Program but it does give satisfaction in knowing a myth or stereotype can be proven wrong or right with