Victims Of Hate Crimes
Introduction
Hate crimes has existed since the colonization of America. It was used for the justification of murder, rape, theft, and other ways to oppress people, mainly people of color.
Hate crime is defined as an illegal act involving intentional selection of a victim based on the perpetrator's bias or prejudges against the actual or alleged status of the victim (Hall, 2013). In 2013, the nation’s law enforcement agencies reported that there were 7,242 victims of hate crimes (Wilson, 2014). Of these victims, 12 were victimized in 6 separate incidents (Wilson, 2014). Victims of hate crimes are usually people of the most vulnerable populations, like people who are minority or undocumented, people who are part of LBGTQ community and people …show more content…
Of those victims, 59.2 percent were targeted because either their race, ethnicity, or ancestry bias (Hate Crime Statistics Released, 2015). The statistics show that 19.7 percent because of a religious bias, 17.7 percent because of a sexual orientation bias, 1.7 percent because of a gender identity bias, 1.2 percent because of a disability bias and 0.4 percent because of a gender bias (Hate Crime Statistics Released, 2015). There were an additional 32 multiple bias incidents that involved another 52 victims. Of the 4,482 hate crime offenses classified as crimes against persons, intimidation accounted for 41.3 percent of those offenses, while 37.8 percent involved simple assault and 19.7 percent involved aggravated assault (Hate Crime Statistics Released, 2015). There were 2,338 hate crime offenses classified as crimes against property, and majority of those 72.6 percent were acts of destruction, damage, vandalism (Hate Crime Statistics Released, 2015). During 2015, most reported hate crime incidents, 31.5 percent happened in or near residences or homes (Hate Crime Statistics Released, 2015). Of the 5,493 known offenders, 48.4 percent were white, 24.3 percent were black or African-American, and race was unknown for 16.2 percent of the offenders (Hate Crime Statistics Released, 2015) the rest were of various other
Hate crimes has existed since the colonization of America. It was used for the justification of murder, rape, theft, and other ways to oppress people, mainly people of color.
Hate crime is defined as an illegal act involving intentional selection of a victim based on the perpetrator's bias or prejudges against the actual or alleged status of the victim (Hall, 2013). In 2013, the nation’s law enforcement agencies reported that there were 7,242 victims of hate crimes (Wilson, 2014). Of these victims, 12 were victimized in 6 separate incidents (Wilson, 2014). Victims of hate crimes are usually people of the most vulnerable populations, like people who are minority or undocumented, people who are part of LBGTQ community and people …show more content…
Of those victims, 59.2 percent were targeted because either their race, ethnicity, or ancestry bias (Hate Crime Statistics Released, 2015). The statistics show that 19.7 percent because of a religious bias, 17.7 percent because of a sexual orientation bias, 1.7 percent because of a gender identity bias, 1.2 percent because of a disability bias and 0.4 percent because of a gender bias (Hate Crime Statistics Released, 2015). There were an additional 32 multiple bias incidents that involved another 52 victims. Of the 4,482 hate crime offenses classified as crimes against persons, intimidation accounted for 41.3 percent of those offenses, while 37.8 percent involved simple assault and 19.7 percent involved aggravated assault (Hate Crime Statistics Released, 2015). There were 2,338 hate crime offenses classified as crimes against property, and majority of those 72.6 percent were acts of destruction, damage, vandalism (Hate Crime Statistics Released, 2015). During 2015, most reported hate crime incidents, 31.5 percent happened in or near residences or homes (Hate Crime Statistics Released, 2015). Of the 5,493 known offenders, 48.4 percent were white, 24.3 percent were black or African-American, and race was unknown for 16.2 percent of the offenders (Hate Crime Statistics Released, 2015) the rest were of various other