Add to ORKGHate crimes are some of the most vicious and fear-inducing offenses committed in the United States today. The loose definition of the term “hate crime” is a violent or menacing act committed against someone because of their association with protected characteristics such as race, religion, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Hate crimes are prosecuted at both the state and federal level. State prosecutors handle the majority of hate crime cases and interact with hate crime laws the most. If an individual is convicted of a hate crime, they are subject to harsher sentencing in the form of penalty enhancements. This paper will attempt to analyze the effectiveness of state hate crime legislation on preventing and deterring hate crime
Forty-three states have enacted hate-crime statutes. These laws generally fall into one of two class...
The last decade of the 20th century has seen a flurry of hate crime legislation and other state acti...
Hate crime is a priority area for the Government and policymakers. Among other initiatives to tackle...
Since the early 1980\u27s, nearly every state has passed a law against crimes motivated by bias. The...
Supporters of hate crime legislation suggest that the primary reason for the codification of hate cr...
[Excerpt] On October 28, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr....
The enactment of hate crime law-law that enhances the punishment of those whose crimes are motivated...
Despite most states ' widespread adoption in the past 10 years of hate crime laws, researchers ...
<p>While every jurisdiction will define hate crime differently, the general definition revolve...
The rate of hate crimes in the United States of America has been growing at an unprecedented rate. T...
Does regulating hate promote racial equality? This dissertation proposes a method for beginning an e...
The aim of this article is to draw attention to an issue that has a long history: the problem of hat...
Bias-motivated violence is considered especially heinous in the United States of America. This resea...
After more than a decade of legislative activity on hate crimes, a growing number of people are chal...
Hate crime laws in both Canada and the United States purport to promote equality using the language ...
Forty-three states have enacted hate-crime statutes. These laws generally fall into one of two class...
The last decade of the 20th century has seen a flurry of hate crime legislation and other state acti...
Hate crime is a priority area for the Government and policymakers. Among other initiatives to tackle...
Since the early 1980\u27s, nearly every state has passed a law against crimes motivated by bias. The...
Supporters of hate crime legislation suggest that the primary reason for the codification of hate cr...
[Excerpt] On October 28, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr....
The enactment of hate crime law-law that enhances the punishment of those whose crimes are motivated...
Despite most states ' widespread adoption in the past 10 years of hate crime laws, researchers ...
<p>While every jurisdiction will define hate crime differently, the general definition revolve...
The rate of hate crimes in the United States of America has been growing at an unprecedented rate. T...
Does regulating hate promote racial equality? This dissertation proposes a method for beginning an e...
The aim of this article is to draw attention to an issue that has a long history: the problem of hat...
Bias-motivated violence is considered especially heinous in the United States of America. This resea...
After more than a decade of legislative activity on hate crimes, a growing number of people are chal...
Hate crime laws in both Canada and the United States purport to promote equality using the language ...
Forty-three states have enacted hate-crime statutes. These laws generally fall into one of two class...
The last decade of the 20th century has seen a flurry of hate crime legislation and other state acti...
Hate crime is a priority area for the Government and policymakers. Among other initiatives to tackle...