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The Impact Of Hate Violence On Victims

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The Impact of Hate Violence on Victims
Introduction
Evidently, the importance of crime as one of the major social problems in America has been documented for many years (Whitlock & Bronski, 2016). For example, since the 1960s the American society has shown increased concern about the problems that are experienced by victims of crime, which has resulted in the establishment and development of many victim service programs across the country. At the same time, stakeholders have as well introduced new areas of social psychological research that is focused on victims instead of criminals themselves. Despite applying such efforts, it must be noted that the plight of those that are experiencing hate violence has not been addressed accordingly by these developments.
Overview of Hate Violence Hate violence refers to crimes that are directed against families, persons, organizations, or groups due to their ethnic, racial, sexual, religious identities, orientations or conditions of disability (Whitlock & Bronski, 2016). Accordingly, hate violence included crimes of arson at the business or homes, damage and destruction of religious property, personal assaults, homicides, and cross burnings. In the United States, hate violence has a long history. However, although it might be challenging to assess and estimate the prevalence of this kind of hate in the United States, there are clear indications that the problem has increased in recent years (Whitlock & Bronski, 2016). Connectively,

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