People who act on hate need to know their punishment will be severe and harsh. Hate crimes threaten the safety of many citizens and in a way disrupts the entire community. Hate crimes can and will not be tolerated.
Hate crimes are a harsh reality in the United States. The reason it is so hard to come to a conclusion of if there should be more hate crime laws is because there are so many pros and cons towards this issue. One argument is if hate crime laws are put into place, it darkens the lines between groups of people. How is this promoting tolerance? I don't believe it darkens lines. In fact I think it does the opposite. It shows people that we are equal by the very fact that the U.S government is not going to put up with crimes that are against someone because they are different.
Another argument is that the government should not punish people more harshly based on their feelings that motivated their crime, instead of the crime committed. I think the reason behind a crime is just as important as the crime committed. For example, let's say, a woman killed her husband by shooting him, lets say, in the heat of passion or out of anger. She would be guilty of Murder 2nd and would hopefully go to jail. Now if she planned and plotted to kill him it becomes Murder 1st and the penalty becomes a lot more hash, as it should. Hate crimes should be the same. If a man was assaulted just because he is black, this should be punished greater than if that same man was assaulted in a common disagreement. Of course the burden of proof becomes a little more difficult.
The United States needs to have hate-crime legislation. Crime is obviously bad enough, but when it is purely because one is different, it goes against everything America stands for. As our former President said, "These are not like other crimes, because these crimes target people simply because of who they are, and because they do, they strike at the heart of who we are as a nation.
The question raised is why classify crimes has hate crimes? ... And often the victim tends to develop bias and stereotypes of his or her own towards the group who committed the hate crime. ... The largest of these is racial bias. ... Rape is considered a hate crime because it is bias against women. ... The cause for this type of hate crime is similar to the causes for racial based crimes. ...
In my thoughts there will always be hate crimes. ... Hate crimes are crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on certain group characteristics. ... Not only can a person hurt that person who they have a bias against but they can do things like vandalize their property and this is still defined as a hate crime. ... Along with the thousands of hate crimes committed every year there are many organized hate groups all over the U.S. ... To think that hate crimes will never go away is sad because their will always be a bias person, that is so bias that they will act upon that hate. ...
Hate Crimes Involving Children and The Differential Association Theory Abstract A study of Hate Crimes involving children and how they are influenced by their parents and peers. ... Hate Crimes Involving Children 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. ... This means that over 50% of all hat...
The debate on Hate Crimes Imagine the world colorblind without bias attitudes and prejudices. ... Studies report that the largest determinant of hate crimes is racial bias, with African Americans at the greatest risk. ... Vandalism or destruction to property accounted for twenty-nine percent (Ritchey "Racial Bias). ... He said, "more crimes against gays and lesbians were committed than what were reported to the FBI" (Ritchey "Racial Bias"). ... Currently, forty-three states have enacted hate crime laws but twenty of them exclude offenses based on sexual orientation and eight states do ...
Canadian Policy Hate crimes can consist of discrimination, public hate propaganda, or be as violent as assault and murder ("Understanding Hate/ Bias Crime and Incidents"). ... Canadian agencies like the Federal Center for Justice and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police have different definitions of what hate crimes are; however, both agree that hate crimes are criminal in nature and are motivated by bias ("Understanding Hate/ Bias Crime and Incidents", n.d). ... Hate crimes are meant to put down not only an individual but an entire group of people ("What is a...
Defining Hate Crimes. ... Racism is the seed of hate crimes. ... The earliest statistical data of hate crimes is from 1996. That year eight thousand, seven hundred, and fifty-nine bias motivated crimes where reported to the FBI... ( Hate Crimes Today). ...
The people of today are confusing crimes committed with no real bias against someone with the crimes that are resulting in fewer and sometimes no closure at all for the true victims. ... "Studies conducted by state gender bias task forces show that state law enforcement persists in treating crimes committed against women less seriously than comparable crimes against men." ... Nevertheless, sometimes the victims of those acts go overboard and get greedy, suing the criminal for a hate crime when in truth the crime had no race, gender, or religious bias whatsoever. ... The true crimes of hate bec...
The people of today are confusing crimes committed with no real bias against someone with the crimes that are resulting in fewer and sometimes no closure at all for the true victims. ... "Studies conducted by state gender bias task forces show that state law enforcement persists in treating crimes committed against women less seriously than comparable crimes against men." ... Nevertheless, sometimes the victims of those acts go overboard and get greedy, suing the criminal for a hate crime when in truth the crime had no race, gender, or religious bias whatsoever. ... The true crimes of hate bec...