Hate Crimes Research Paper

Hate crimes are crimes committed as a result of hatred for a person or a group of people. The nature of these crimes ranges from subtle assault, destruction of property to murder. Often, the hate that leads to these crimes is in the form of racism, homophobia, sexism especially misogyny or bigotry for a group of people based on their beliefs or culture. In the United States and many first world countries, there are efforts to reduce the severity of these hate crime. One of the main efforts includes making sure that there is a decent definition of hat comprises of a hate crime. The FBI believes that hate crimes, and hatred of people especially minorities and marginalized groups often plants the seed of terrorism in the country. The FBI in the …show more content…
In a way, they are meant to attempt to shut down the person whom the offence happens to. Often, this person is innocent and may be oblivious of the reasons why the crimes are happening to him or her. In addition, some of the reasons for the motivation of the bias are unchangeable on the part of the victim. As such, the victim feels helpless in that situation and cannot do anything. The personal attack on a person’s immutable characteristics may have some devastating effects on the person and their family. In addition to the loss of property in case of vandalism, there is a chance that the victim may feel something emotionally. These feelings may include fear that the crime could happen again, grief in the case of the loss of a loved one, anger, at the lack of ability to change the situation and finally, vulnerability in case another such attack occurs (Gerstenfield, 2013). These are genuine reasons to have a war on hate crimes. They are also a reason to punish the crimes more severely as compared to other …show more content…
In my opinion, jail is the most severe of these two types of punishment. However, the jail term should depend on the jury, and the type of crime. More severe crimes should be punished more severely. In case of anything, the people involved should make sure that the person also has time to severe the community and volunteer. To minimize chances of these crimes occurring, better prevention strategies are necessary. For example, people should be taught and encouraged to respect the beliefs of others. In addition, they should understand the history of their culture, and that of other people (Levin &MacDevitt, 2013). Finally, they should understand that human beings are one race, and only physical differences exist between them. These differences should never be a basis for hate or any other

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