The three main arguments in favor of hate crime laws is, the first main argument is the argument from great harm. Its flaws are is that crimes that are hate crimes cause psychological harm to everyone involved with the hate crime, which can be obtained by different minority groups. The second argument is more culpable mental states. Its flaws are arguments for those hate crimes laws enhance penalties whether the crime victim is selected because of his/her race. ethnicity, or sexual orientation.…
So I am really glad that chapter 9 branched out of the states of New York and California. I think it is really interesting that CFV had so much sway for a group of people that were basing their hatred on stereotypes and hearsay. When the Amendment 2 unexpectedly pass, a team of lawyers were ready to fight. Amendment 2 left the gay community in an awkward state. They were already abandoned by the federal government in the ruling of Bowers that said that sodomy laws could be kept intact and overturning Amendment didn't seem that promising.…
Any arguments supporting hate crimes is weak because they are morally wrong and they do not lead to any progress. Hate crime is wrong, and we have to take action to stop this because it divides society, vilify innocent people, and lower academic achievement which is not good because we need to make our country successful by acting with solidarity. Solutions to hate crime is stronger penalties, include not judging people based on their race, religion, and political beliefs. People should also train their brains to condemn stereotypes and seek media messages that are accurate, sensible and positive. Hate crime can cause low self-esteem and self-confidence issues.…
The relationship between hate crimes and inequality is that hate crimes are often used as a means of continuing the oppression and suppression of minority groups. Hate crimes assert the imagined “dominance” and “control” of the individual who commits them. Hate crimes are meant to instill fear into minority communities while trying to prevent them from working against systems of inequality. Whether committed as a form of “retaliation” or as a means of An example of a hate crime committed in this context would be the Charleston, South Carolina shootings committed by Dylan Roof.…
For years, Hawaiians have avoided talk of race and hate crimes. That doesn't mean the island state doesn't have a problem. With no known hate groups and a much-trumpeted spirit of aloha or tolerance, few people outside Hawaii realize the state has a racism issue. One reason: The tourism-dependent state barely acknowledges hate crimes. That makes it hard to know how often racial violence is directed at Caucasians, who comprise about 25% of the ethnically diverse state's 1.3 million residents.…
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.…
All over the word hate crimes are a problem, people need to become more educated on how hate crimes negatively impact people's lives. If society becomes further educated on the negative emotional and criminal effects of hate crimes, then the overall percentage of hate crimes will decrease. A hate crime is defined as an offense motivated by hatred, bias, or prejudice, based on the race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation of another individual or a group of individuals (Schmalleger, 2015). Hate crimes have always been an issue in America; however, following the terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, hate crimes became more prevalent.…
Hate crime laws are effective in that they protect the freedoms of the victims as well as prosecute the transgressor. The outrageous violence of hate crimes…
Due to the rise of arson among churches, 1996 President Bill Clinton signed into law the Church Arson Prevention Act on July 3, 1996. This act stipulated that is a crime to deface, damage or destroy religious property, or interfere with a person’s religious practice in situations affecting interstate commerce.9 This changed the sentencing of destroying religious property from 10 years to 20 years. It also increased the statue of limitations from 5 years to 7 years after the date the crime was committed. F. The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.…
Lauren Ibrahim Dr. Brendan Lantz CCJ4938 Hate & Bias Crime 19 April 2018 Writing Assignment: Option 1 In recent years following the 9/11 attacks, there have been shocking increases in the number of hate crimes directed at victims perceived as “perpetual foreigners.” Similarly, the current political climate and the reign of Trump have made these hate crimes targeted at immigration communities spike higher and higher each year. According to the South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) advocacy group, they have investigated an appalling 207 incidents of hate violence and xenophobia targeting Indians, Muslims, Sikh, Hindu and other minority groups coinciding with the president’s election year; a 34% increase compared to the 157 incidents…
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.…
According to Zyad Wright, a researcher in the Social Sciences and Humanities states "examples of ‘hate crimes’ would include racist cross-burnings to incite fear amongst African-Americans, and assaults against gays." (Wright, 57). Both these are top example of hate crimes that has been seen many times. Hate crimes continue to be an important problem in the United States, though as of 2015 all but five states passed various laws punishing hate crimes (Wright, 58). But will this really create a downfall…
In the years between 2008 and present time, the United States has seen numerous hate crimes…
By making a hate crime law, it has given more protection to those in need. in The article “Hate Crime Laws”it specifies on “intending to intimidate not only the individual victim, but all members of the victim's community” This law focuses on making all Americans safe and not feeling isolated because of their sexuality and ethnicity. The state and local law enforcement official are in charge of investigating and prosecuting the hate crimes. Hate crime is considered a criminal offense because it causes harm to specific individuals. Although the state and local law enforcement officials are in charge of hate crimes.…
A hate crime is an offense, usually violent, motivated by the prejudice of one specific status a single individual holds, i.e., sexual orientation, religion, gender, ethnicity, ect. These crimes are driven simply because of the hatred one person feels towards another. An individual is targeted because of something about themselves a single person or group of people do not approve of. Hate crimes are the highest priority of the FBI’s Civil Rights program and each year an estimated 1,200 crimes are reported, however, the number is most likely higher due to underreported cases. In 2012, an astonishing 5,796 were committed.…