Hate Crimes
Date Submitted: 02/10/2003 04:01:09
Category: / Social Sciences / Controversial Issues
Length: 4 pages (1177 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Controversial Issues
Length: 4 pages (1177 words)
According to the FBI, the definition of a hate crime is a "Criminal offence committed against a person or property which is motivated, in whole or by part, by the offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnicity/national origin, or sexual-orientation." Crimes upon persons because of a difference in how they appear, believe, or act have been a growing concern throughout history. (Uniform Crime Reports, 2002) According to Eric Holder, a former assistant U.S. …
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…definition of hate crimes should be expanded. Retrieved Apr 21, 2004, from http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/OVRC?vrsn=212&slb=SU&locID=uphoenixcustom&srchtp=basic&c=3&ste=17&tbst=ts_basic&tab=1&txb=%2522Hate+Crimes%2522&docNum=X3010196205&fail=0&bConts=127 Ruggiero, V. (2001). Beyond feelings . 6th ed. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company.
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