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What is your thesis statement? Hate Crimes have been around for years, and with the recent rise in them much can be done to reduce this type of crime.

I. Introduction …. Hate Crimes are offenses like murder, robbery, or vandalism with the intent of discriminating against someone. These crimes are normally violent and intended to discriminate against someone else because of their race, color, or gender and more commonly now, their social groups. The term hate crime is defined as, “one that involves threats, harassment, or physical harm and is motivated by prejudice against someone's race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation or physical or mental disability.” There is nothing new about these types of acts, they have been around for many years. Recently, there have been a major increase in hate crimes.
II. First main point…..Public Awareness
A. Supporting details
1. Subdetails …. Define hate crime
2. Subdetails…. Encourage victims to report these crimes
B. Supporting details
1. Subdetails…offer support groups
2. Subdetails….encourage communities to participate in meetings
III. Second main point ….Laws
A. Supporting details
1. Subdetails….New laws passed to aid in prevention
2. Subdetails…. encourage law enforcement to make stats available to the public
B. Supporting details….Consequences of ones who commit these crimes
1. Subdetails…. Stiffer punishment
2. Subdetails…. publicly make these individual known
IV. Third main point School Participation
A. Supporting details
1. Subdetails….no tolerance for discrimination
2. Subdetails….offer support for victims
B. Supporting details report discrimation to parents and students
1. Subdetails… make everyone aware of such known acts
2. Subdetails… still punishment for those that victimize others
V. Fourth main point… Family Participation
1. Subdetails….teach kids that all people are considered equal
2. Subdetails…..set good examples
B.

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