Hate crimes are a field of research particularly important to scholars and policymakers, despite their importance to a more and more cosmopolitan culture in the world age. People of numerous social, economic, ethnic, religious and national groups are increasingly unified by forces beyond their own control. This social reorganization often creates problems for all sides, and finding a way of managing them is in the interests of communities all over the world.
Offenses are hard to classify as hate crimes, although their meaning is relatively well known. “A hate crime is usually a crime committed against a individual or property, motivated solely or in part by the bias of the perpetrator against the race, religion, ethnicity or national origin, handicap or sexual orientation of the victim.”
The definition of hate crime has progressed over the years. When hate crimes first occurred they were defined as the factorization of minorities due to their racial or ethnic identity by members of the majority. As time progressed we have now classify a hate crime as “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in … Read more
Racism has a strong history in this country and even though it ended nearly 150 years ago, it still exists today. American History X is a movie surrounded around the hate crime caused by the division between the white supremacists and other minorities. Blacks and whites refused to even play basketball with one another and … Read more
One of the first instants of hate crimes in he sass’s which would be the near genocide of the Yuk and Cheyenne Indians. Some major historical events have led to how far we have come with hate crime laws. As well as some major cases that helped install the new laws and enforce. This all … Read more