Hate Crimes
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John Pope
American InterContinental University
Hate Crimes
January 22, 2012
Hate Crimes
I would say that hate crimes being on a rise is wrong. If we would look at our world history you will see many examples of hate crimes. There are people such as Vlad the Impaler, who was known for his practice of impaling victims on a wooden pole. The pole was inserted in their rectum. It would then be pushed through their body missing vital organs. It would end up coming out there jaw. Victims then would be hanging 5 feet off the ground. They would be alive for up to two days. Look at the Roman Empire; they slaughtered tens of thousands of Christens in less than 300 years. There was the witch hunt that hunted women. This is just a few good examples. If you look in our history hate crimes is lower on a whole.
Hate crimes have been lower as far as numbers of victims are concerned. Hate crimes are still a deviant behavior and should be combated by society. With journalist making the society more aware of hate crimes they have made it a more recognize issue. What will look at is what types of person commits a hate crime? Who are the targets of hate crimes? What are the causes and effects of these crimes? And finally, how can we work to eliminate or at least drastically reduce these types of crimes? The earliest use of hate crimes and hate violence are found in the Final Report of the Attorney General's Commission on Racial, Ethnic, Religious and Minority Violence issued in April, 1986. In this report, hate crimes are defined as,
"Any act of intimidation, harassment, physical force or threat of physical force directed against any person, or gamely, or their property or advocate, motivated either in whole or in part by hostility to their real or perceived race, ethnic background, religious belief, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation, with the intention of causing fear or intimidation, or to deter the free exercise or enjoyment of any rights or privileges...
American InterContinental University
Hate Crimes
January 22, 2012
Hate Crimes
I would say that hate crimes being on a rise is wrong. If we would look at our world history you will see many examples of hate crimes. There are people such as Vlad the Impaler, who was known for his practice of impaling victims on a wooden pole. The pole was inserted in their rectum. It would then be pushed through their body missing vital organs. It would end up coming out there jaw. Victims then would be hanging 5 feet off the ground. They would be alive for up to two days. Look at the Roman Empire; they slaughtered tens of thousands of Christens in less than 300 years. There was the witch hunt that hunted women. This is just a few good examples. If you look in our history hate crimes is lower on a whole.
Hate crimes have been lower as far as numbers of victims are concerned. Hate crimes are still a deviant behavior and should be combated by society. With journalist making the society more aware of hate crimes they have made it a more recognize issue. What will look at is what types of person commits a hate crime? Who are the targets of hate crimes? What are the causes and effects of these crimes? And finally, how can we work to eliminate or at least drastically reduce these types of crimes? The earliest use of hate crimes and hate violence are found in the Final Report of the Attorney General's Commission on Racial, Ethnic, Religious and Minority Violence issued in April, 1986. In this report, hate crimes are defined as,
"Any act of intimidation, harassment, physical force or threat of physical force directed against any person, or gamely, or their property or advocate, motivated either in whole or in part by hostility to their real or perceived race, ethnic background, religious belief, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation, with the intention of causing fear or intimidation, or to deter the free exercise or enjoyment of any rights or privileges...