Hate Crimes

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Hate Crimes

• By Tori Kriegel, Alexander Tzedakis, and Kaka
  Leung

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What is a hate crime?

• The definition of a hate crime by dictionary.com
  is, a crime, usually violent, motivated by
  prejudice or intolerance toward a member of a
  gender, racial, religious, or social group.

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Why do people commit hate crimes?

• People can commit crimes for various reasons.
  Some people do it to protect themselves while
  others come from a troubled background. Many
  perpetrators start out with smaller crimes until
  they elevate to very hostile, dangerous offenses.
  
• Those who commit hate crimes are not mentally
  ill in the traditional sense--they're not
  diagnosable schizophrenic or manic
  depressiveWhat they do share, however, is a high
  level of aggression and antisocial behavior.

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How are the victims affected?

• The first reaction is typically anger. 68 of
  victims in a study done by the National Institute
  Against Prejudice and Violence were angry while
  51 feared for their safety and the safety of
  their loved ones. One third of victims developed
  behavioral changes to cope with their situation
  (this includes relocating, purchasing a weapon,
  buying a security system, etc).

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Which countries have the higher record of hate
crimes?

• Mostly in America and European countries.
• There were moderate to high rises in the overall
  recorded numbers of violent hate crimes motivated
  by racism and xenophobia in 2006 and 2007 in
  Finland, Ireland, the Slovak Republic, Sweden,
  the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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Discussion Questions

• Have you or anyone you know ever been a victim of
  a hate crime?
• Do you think that hate crimes are serious in your
  own country and why?
• What can you do personally to reduce hate crimes
  in your area?

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