Hate Crimes and the Homosexual Community Dontae Anderson Com/172 Professor Baker October 29th‚ 2012 Abstract In this paper I am talking about Hate crimes against the Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. I show that though Hate crimes are classified as crimes that are evoked by sexual orientation‚ race‚ identity‚ gender‚ or religion. Hate crimes are more common amongst the gay and transgender men. I show states with highest conviction rate in 2012. I also show the upward
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Crime Data Comparison Michelle Gage CJA/314 April 30th‚ 2013 Robert Olsen Crime Data Comparison In the late 1920’s the idea was recognized by the International Association of Chiefs of Police or most commonly known as the (IACP)‚ that there needed to be a more reliable and accurate way to keep track of all of the crime data and statistics. This information was needed to determine the crimes that were changing from year to year as well as the sources of what could be changing these statistics
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Katiya Mountcastle February 14‚ 2012 Criminal Justice Frank Plunkett HATE CRIMES AGAINST THE HOMELESS In the past twelve years (1999-2010)‚ the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) has documented one thousand‚ one hundred eighty-four acts of violence against homeless individuals by housed perpetrators. These crimes are believed to be motivated by the perpetrators’ bias against homeless individuals or their ability to target homeless people with relative ease. The documented violence
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The problem behind rising rates of hate crimes has created a very controversial subject. Rising rates has brought to our attention the dangerous problems we as a society could potentially face. Over the course of the last couple years hate crimes have created a devastating impact on families and communities‚ but also because groups that preach hatred and intolerance could plant the seed of terrorism here in our country. Trans activists should focus our resources and attention on winning inclusion
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Are hate crime penalty enforcement laws constitutional? "That ’s Gay." If you are around teenagers today‚ that is a phrase you will most likely hear very often. It is not necessarily meant as a homophobic or hate-filled remark‚ and most of the time it is referring to an object‚ an idea‚ or a conversation; things that obviously have no sexual orientation. But now‚ according to a bill passed by the senate‚ it could almost be considered a hate crime. Many people support the widening of hate crime
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In the article Measuring and Comparing Crime in and Across Nations the major points discussed are the background of crime data both diversely and globally‚ the limitations of crime data‚ and how international crime data compares. The author Harry Dammer discusses the different applications of how data in the United States is collected but more importantly how other systems are utilized in the international fight against crime. The beginning of crime data collection begins with various agencies
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Crime Data Comparison Ryan Cirilo CJA 314 January 14‚ 2013 University of Phoenix Crime Data Comparison Robbery is a crime that everyone is familiar with and happens every day around the United States. The crime statistics for robbery is different in every city and this paper is going to compare the robbery rate in two metropolitan cities. Further‚ this paper will explain the factors that can explain the rates per city. This paper will conclude with ways to lower the crime rate of robbery
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Hate Crime and Its Past Kristina Kay Gonzales COM/172 February 14‚ 2012 Dave Kubel Hate Crime and Its Past “Federal law defines a hate crime as whenever the victim is attacked on the basis of his or her race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ sexual orientation or gender; hate offenses are directed against members of a particular group simply because of their membership in that group” (Levin & McDebitt‚ 1993). Hate
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Crime Data Comparison Paper John Iverson CJA/314 20120618 Geoffrey Carlson Crime Data Comparison Paper According to the F.B.I uniform crime data report violent crime has increased in 2012 compared 2011‚ the increase has amounted to 1.2 percent. The category of violent crime includes murder‚ rape‚ assault‚ robbery‚ and aggravated assault. ("Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report‚ January-December‚ 2012 "‚ 2012). Murder is by far the most serious violent crime there is. America has the highest
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CRIME DATA COMPARISON Crime Data Comparison Paper By Juanidel Cubero In this paper I will compare the robbery rate between two metropolitan cities which are Dallas Texas and San Diego California using the preliminary annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR) generated by the Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI) from January to December 2008. The Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR) defines robbery as the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care‚ custody‚ or control of a
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