Background: This group study was set up to explore current issues in hate crimes within contemporary society. Following an in-depth background research into religiously motivated hate crimes which was enhanced further by Paul Giannasi’s (2015) lecture, the group decided to critically analyse and explore religiously motivated hate crimes due to its prevalence in recent times. Giannasi highlighted that the exploration of hate crime was important as it gave society a better understanding of its causes, impact and how best to tackle the problem. In order to nip the problem in the bud, Ginnasi (2015) argued that the government had the obligation to enact laws and policies which are designed to minimise hate crimes. The group therefore decided…
A hate crime occurs when a person is targeted because of hostility or prejudice towards their disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender identity. This includes a person’s property, as well as the person themselves and a victim does not have to be a member of the group at which the hostility is targeted. In fact, anyone could be a victim of a hate crime. Being a victim of this kind of crime can be a particularly frightening experience as you have been…
American today tends to believe that we are in era where changed has been made. Yet we have heard in the news that violence has enlarged since Donald Trump was announced the President of the United States. We are in an era where white supremacy doesn’t hold back their opinions or expressed it through actions. Some of the examples would be of people who are target based on religion or race. In this paper I would establish what hate crimes is and who is the victim, who is affected in drug arrests.…
In the case of Billy Jack’s murder, it should irrefutably be declared as a hate crime. Hate crimes can be driven by prejudice towards a person’s ethnicity, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or disability. Billy Jack was murdered violently due to his honesty regarding his own sexuality; homosexuality was frowned upon in the state he resided in. We are all different in the way we look, act, speak, think, and feel. These two men encountered Billy Jack and came to realize that he was…
Psychology of Hate and Hate Crimes *In the United States today, we can see a huge cultural diversity. People come from all over the world in search of a better way of life and move to be in the land of the free. However, with such a huge cultural variety in America this leads to individuals having radical opinions of other races, religions, genders, and sexual orientations. How does an individual create this way of thinking? Are people born with prejudice? These are some of the questions that…
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…
Journal November 15 –– Summarize the last 10 years (2005 – 2014) regarding hate crime victims, victimization, bias motivation and crime type. Does this information surprise you? Why, or why not? After accessing and viewing the report on hate crime in California I discovered a graph conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice illustrating the statistics of disclosed hate crime incidents from 2005 to 2014. The chart lists some of the listed categories of hate crimes including: Race, ethnicity,…
Hate crimes are crimes that someone commits based on their hatred to a person or a specific group of people. This may include, bias that they have against a person. But it could also be because the person doesn’t like one’s sexual orientation, religious preference, ethnic background, and quite possibly even their religion. Hate crimes are continuously growing at a fast pace according to yearly statistics and we see hate crimes all the way back to past times. Hate crimes go back in history in…
The topic for this study is hate crime, and its impact on Canadian Muslim families. The hypothesis is that hate crime is having an effect on Muslim families, and recent events are acting as a catalyst. There exist numerous sub questions and propositions. What constitutes a hate crime, what do Muslim families think, does hate crime cause Muslim families to be more vigilant, is hate crime a predominant issue within Canada, does the ethnic background of the person have an effect? My proposition is…
handle hate crimes. Before becoming a professor, he was a police officer for the LAPD. Professor Hooper first informed me that officers who investigate any crimes that appear to motivated by hate are required to flag the reports by putting the letter “H”, and circling it, at the top of the report. Having the “H” at the top indicates to the detectives that this case may involve a hate crime. One very important thing to remember is that hate crimes are just considered penalty enhancements, meaning…