When the Hate Crime Statistics Act was passed‚ signed into law and reauthorized‚ it did not include hate crimes against women as a class (The Leadership Conference ). Since there is no official inclusion of gender-based crimes associated with the Hate Crime Statistics Act‚ the statistics and tracking of increase or decrease of these crimes are not apart of federal law or the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) of hate crime and remain unknown (Criminal Justice). However‚ there are still various hate crimes
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revenge‚ but to lessen crime and inform the criminal”(Elizabeth Fry). Now‚ more than ever‚ juveniles are committing crimes that are becoming more and more violent as time progresses. There is much indecision when it come to giving a “child” a sentencing in prison‚ whether that means they have to serve life‚ or years at a time. The states cannot make a permanent decision on how to deal with sentencing juveniles after they commit the crimes they do. Juveniles that commit crimes like murder should not
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of people who they deem may be terrorists. These conservative politics have a destructive effect and have created a xenophobic society. Since the horrific attacks on American soil by Muslim extremists from Middle Eastern countries- the 2001 9/11 attacks on the twin towers- American people have been extremely weary and downright racist towards these people‚ terrorists or not. This attack was at the height of the war with Al-Qaeda.
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The history of hate crimes against African-Americans can date back all the way until slavery. However‚ I will discuss those more recent within the last 50 years. During the Civil Rights Movement some of the most violence acts against African Americans occur. 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed African Americans in Confederate states still dealt with inequality‚ segregation‚ oppression and race-inspired violence. In fact legally by way of the “Jim Crow” laws‚ African-Americans
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Ra’s al Ghul‚ the mob boss The Penguin‚ and the environmental extremest Poison Ivy. Add to the list the intelligent and deadly super human who broke the Bat‚ Bane; Mr.Freeze‚ the scientist who goes to many extremes to save the life of his beloved wife; the mental opponent of Batman‚ the Riddler; and finally‚ the most famous of all‚ the psychotic clown prince of crime‚ the Joker. But among all of Batman’s nemeses existed one man whose fate was changed when half of his face was burned by acid‚ revealing
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us under extremism. Religious diversity has been the cause of war‚ hate‚ and crime all throughout history. Nothing brings people together like sharing mutual passion for what they believe in. Similarly‚ it can tear even the strongest nations apart. At a time when most of us like to believe we are more tolerant than generations before‚ hate crimes and religious related incidents are actually on the rise in many places. This hate is often powered by an ignorance stemming from a stigma attached to
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elected as a peer mediator. His friends and peers felt comfortable talking to him and he was someone you came to when you needed advice. He was described by his father as "an optimistic and accepting young man who had a special gift of relating to almost everyone. He was the type of person who was very approachable and always looked to new challenges. Matthew had a great passion for equality and always stood up for the acceptance of people’s differences."[1] In February 1995‚ during a high school
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Hate. We all say hate all the time. For example‚ if you having an argument with your friend‚ you might say‚ “I hate you!” Do you mean it? No‚ you say it because you are mad. Also‚ if you are forced to do something‚ you might say‚ “I hate that.” Even worse‚ there are hate crimes because of someone’s color‚ religion or disability. The FBI statistics Report about hate crimes stated 53.6% were racial‚ 18.2% were religious‚ and 11.4% were against the disabled. These types of crimes have been going
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Who are the victims in a hate crime? Victimization does not end with the primary person that was attacked. The Laramie Project demonstrated how the entire community‚ and eventually the nation‚ of a little town in Wyoming was affected by the death of 22 year old Matthew Shepard in October‚ 1998. Secondary victims‚ who do not bear the physical pain‚ but endure the after effects and emotional pain‚ included Matthew’s parents‚ Deputy Sheriff Reggie Fluty (who was called to the crime scene and tended
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Zhao Developing writing Gayle Nash October 26‚ 2012 Rhetorical analysis of “Commit a Crime‚ Suffer the Consequences” “Commit a Crime‚ Suffer the Consequences” written by Mark Patinkin‚ who is a journalist and bulletin columnist‚ shows the story of Michael Fay‚ who vandalized cars in Singapore as an American citizen and weather or not he deserves to suffer the same punishment as the locals for his crime. In Singapore‚ “caning” is the default punishment for vandalism‚ which means that the
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