Week #4 Questions
1. Describe five behavior changes that you can make to specifically protect yourself against a violent attack when you are outside alone. (pg. 543) Five behavior changes I could make to specifically protect myself against a violent attack outside are: 1) park in lighted areas, avoiding dark areas where someone could hide 2) telling others where I’m going and when I’ll be back 3) carrying pepper spray or other deterrents, or even using a campus escort service 4) varying the route taken when commuting, staying close to others 5) carrying a cellphone but keeping attention on the environment. All of these behavior changes, found on page 543, could help deter a violent attacker or aide in defending myself when outside.
2. Name five factors which increase the likelihood of violence in our society. (pg. 529) Five factors that are thought to increase the likelihood of violence in society are community contexts, societal factors, religious beliefs and differences, political differences, and stress. Although the reason for violence is unclear in society, these factors are thought to explain the basic reasons for violence, not the absolute cause.
3. What is a hate crime? Discuss four common reasons given to explain bias-related or hate crimes. (pg. 533) Hate crimes are crimes committed by a person with a bias or negative viewpoint of a specific group of people. Hate or bias-related crimes are thought to occur for four reasons: thrill seeking, feeling threatened,
A 2005 study conducted by National Institute of Justice, found that the Federal Government and all but one state, Wyoming, have laws related to hate crimes. A consistent problem identified by this study is there in no consistency in defining what constitutes a hate crime. (Carrie F. Mulford, Ph.D., & Michael Shively, Ph.D., Hate Crime in America: The Debate Continues, 257, Nat’l Inst Just., (2007). “The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines hate crime—also called bias crime—as “a criminal offense committed against a person, property, or society that is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity/national origin.” ld.
BJS describes hate crimes as crimes that have indication of prejudice for being part of a certain group with certain individuality.
The starting point of violence takes place in communities and at home--not at school. Youth take what they hear and see at home and in their communities to school. The environment in some communities and households are positive and the presences of protective factors outweigh the high risk factors. However, there are communities and households where there is a lack of informal social control and high risk factors exist more than protective factors--, which affect youth in a negative manner.
These incidents can damage the fabric of our society and fragment communities. The following three areas are concerns about hate crimes legislation:
Violence shows it face in many forms. It is slowly taking over the youth of our society, and becoming more prevalent than ever. Is it really environmental factors that are the cause of violence in our youth today? Or is the increase in violence to be blamed on a group of variables, that together, create the perfect recipe for disaster? In the book, Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them, author Dr. James Garbarino discusses possible reasons that childhood aged boys are experiencing violence that is carried into their adolescent years. Also, Dr. Garbarino expresses a similar rise in violence in young girls in the book See Jane Hit: Why Girls are Growing More Violent and What Can be Done About It. He looks at elements from birth to adolescence, including cultural influences that may not play as big of a role as one may suspect.
As previously mentioned, hate crimes are borne out of one person’s prejudices. However, rarely does prejudice alone cause hate crimes. It is a toxic mixture of one’s prejudices, anger and animosities in life. (Sepulveda Carmona, 2012) First, hate crimes are caused by the mundane – thrill seeking. (Burkes, 2017) People crave the sudden rush of adrenalin
Hate crime is a crime that committed against someone because of their race. The behavior can be seen as threatening behavior, assault, robbery, inciting others to commit hate crimes, etc. This essay will argue that the strain theory, control theory and racism adequately explain the racial hate crimes. Walters M (2011) also examined these theories in his article that the hate motivated behaviors may course by socio-economic strains, general fears of ‘difference’ and low self-control.
As indicated, hate crimes can be explained through the use of theory and, one such theory is the symbolic interactionism theory. As criminologists were engaged in attempting to
Profile of a Hate Crime Offender Sterilized from emotion, hate crime, also called bias crime, is those offenses motivated in part or singularly by personal prejudice against other because of a diversity-race, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity/national origin, or disability. Hate crimes are committed out of anger, ignorance, and lack of knowledge of another’s ideas and beliefs. There are many causes for an individual to commit a hate crime. Also, many different profiles fit the description of a hate crime offender. There are ways to prevent and control hate crimes, but they will always be present in society as long as every person has the right to express his or her opinion.
Hate crimes happen for multiple reasons, according to Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) in 2015 6, 837 single bias hate crimes were reported. (Uniform Crime Reporting) Among these 58.9 percent stemmed from race, 19.8 were because of religious bias, 17.8 percent were because of
¨A hate crimes in any crime committed which is motivated by bias or based on the victim’s perceived membership in a specific group.¨(“Hate Crimes”). Hate crimes are the outcome when someone targets a victim based on their race, sexual orientation, religion, and etc… The question that should be asked is why people support it. Hate crimes are inhumane. Even the constitution states that all men are created equal, so what steps have we taken to stop hate crimes and how do we show everyone why it’s wrong. “The FBI investigated what are now called hate crimes
Hate crime generally refers to a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic origin or sexual orientation”, (Hall, 2013).
Throughout American history, violent criminal acts against a specific person or a group of individuals were just that, violent crimes. In the 1980’s, the term hate crime was born. The term hate crime was used by a group of advocates to describe a series of violent incidents targeting several minorities (Nij.gov, 2015). A hate crime is “a criminal offense committed against a person, property, or society that is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender 's bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation,
There is little research that examines how prejudice turns into violent action. However, research has examined a characteristic profile that describes common perpetrators and types of hate crime offenders. Contrary to the common way of thinking, most hate crimes aren’t devoted by people who belong to hate
Hate crimes has become an increasing problem here in the united states ranging from racial hatred to gender discrimination but what are hate crimes? According to Dr. Jack McDevitt, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston Hate crimes are message crimes, Hate crimes are defined as crimes that are violent act against people, property, or organizations because of the group to which they belong or identify with. The coined term “hate crimes” was first used No matter how many different definitions there are for hate crimes but we all can agree that hate crimes are wrong and immoral. But within hate crimes they are many different types of hate crimes. One of the main reasons that people commit hate crimes would