... and the Differential Association Theory A hate crime is any bias motivated criminal incident committed against an individual or group because of their race, sex, ethnicity, disability, and/or beliefs. In most cases, hate crimes are committed by the majority against the minority. Hate crimes range from vandalism or defacing ... Of these incidents, 4,321 of them were motivated by racial bias, 1,390 were religious bias, 1,260 were by sexual orientation, 754 were by ethnicity or national origin, 25 were by disability, and 5 were of multiple bias (NCJRS, 1998). This means that over 50% of al...

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... arising because of the various types of speech that are easily distributed to people through the World Wide Web. So many topics and issues such as religion, race, gender, and ethnicity are discussed everyday on the Internet, some people look at as it is freedom of speech and they can say whatever they desire to say. Others view it as hate ... ...

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... Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) and its reauthorization in 1996. It requires the Department of Justice to compile data on crimes that"manifest prejudice based on race, religion, sexual orientation, or ethnicity and to publish an annual summary of the findings. The law helps local, state, and national law enforcement authorities coordinate their efforts against hate crimes. And its very existence makes ... ...

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... structure which positions the audience to see interviewees, such as Charlton Heston (president of NRA) as antagonists. In the final scene, Heston goes as far as blaming violence on "mixed ethnicity", and by positioning this scene last in the documentary Moore provides a final haunting message to the viewer, that gun violence is inextricably tied to racial prejudices. Moore effectively utilises satire ... ...

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