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hate crimes (siegel 2004) - Answer-violent acts directed toward a particular person or
members of a group merely because the targets share a discernible racial, ethnic,
religious, or gender characteristic
hate crime (harlow 2005) - Answer-an ordinary crime becomes a hate crime when
offenders choose a victim because of some characteristic - for example, race, ethnicity,
or religion- and provide evidence that hate prompted them to commit the crime
are hate crimes acts of violence or more than that? - Answer-violent but more than that.
targets victim because of something that's out of their control
what is the main effect this has on society regarding hate crimes? - Answer-a particular
prejudice may even become widely shared and enduring element in the normal state of
affairs of the society in which it occurs. hatred is expressed in mass culture: art, music,
religion, humor. "culture of hate" = a person's group affiliation
thrill-seeking hate crimes - Answer-most common. no precipitating incident; looking to
harass those who are "different"; psychological payoff: thrill to making someone suffer;
social payoff: friends may approve; groups; example; property; interchangeability of
victims: within group, across groups (vulnerable); homosexuality; secondary
victimization
defensive hate crimes - Answer-reaction to what the perpetrator considers a
precipitating or triggering incident to serve as a catalyst for the expression of their
anger; target: a particular individual or set of individuals who are perceived to constitute
a personal threat; still an element of interchangeability; victims: could happen again;
sense of entitlement
mission hate crimes - Answer-rarest kind. an attack carried out by individuals with a
mission: they seek to rid the world of "evil" by disposing of members of a despised
group; perpetrator believes he/she has a higher-order purpose in carrying out his/her
crime; seek to eliminate "entire category"
key points of hate crimes - Answer-characteristics, interchangeability of victims, role of
stereotypes
james byrd - Answer-june 7, 1998 at midnight. bill king, russel brewer, shawn berry rode
around in pick up truck, drinking beer, "looking for women". spotted a man on the road,
offered him a ride. 3AM: forced him out of the truck, beat him up, spray painted his face
black. forced him behind the truck, placed a logging chain around him and dragged him
for more than 2 miles. he was decapitated. group did it in order to promote their white
, supremacist organization. thrill seeking hate crime. influenced federal hate crime
legislation
matthew shephard - Answer-october 9, 1998: bicyclist in rural area of laramie, wyoming
thought he saw a scarecrow tied to a fence. getting closer, he saw a burned, battered,
and nearly dead body. shepard was a 22 year old student at university of wyoming.
went to an LGBT association meeting, then to a bar. while drinking a beer, two men
approached and stated they were gay, shepard did as well. two perpetrators, henderson
and mckinney, lured shepard into henderson's pickup truck. beat him and drove to an
isolated part of a rural subdivision, tied him to a fence and pistol-whipped him, he
begged for his life. stole wallet and shoes, he was discovered 18 hours later. died 5
days after he was found from his injuries. mckinney found guilty of felony murder (two
consecutive terms without possibility of parole). defensive hate crime. influenced key
federal hate crime legislation
dylan roof - Answer-self-described white supremacist. killed 9 parishioners at a church
bible study meeting in charleston, south carolina. had journal and online manifesto
espousing hatred towards black. told jurors he wanted to start a race war. chose the
emanuel african methodist episcopal church because of its spiritual and symbolic
importance in the black community. mission hate crime
new york stabbing - Answer-white army vet (james jackson, 28) intent on killing black
men. deep seated hatred for black men, especially those romantically involved with
white women. told police of racist views and detailed them on his computer. timothy
caughan, age 66, chose at random, murdered him by driving sword through him.
traveled to new york to maximize media coverage of heinous crime. mostly mission hate
crime, slightly defensive
mark lepine - Answer-1989. was rejected from the university of montreal engineering
school. felt the "feminists" robbed him of getting into the school, ordered males to leave
and females to stay behind so he could shoot them. mission hate crime
transgender women - Answer-human rights campaign foundation 2018. at least 22
transgender people have been killed in the united states since the beginning of 2018.
82% of them were women of color, 64% were under the age of 35, 55% lived in the
south. defensive hate crime
el paso mass shooting - Answer-man shot shoppers at a walmart. manifesto showed
that his attack was motivated by the desire to rid america of hispanics. mission hate
crime
hate crimes law - Answer-2009 matthew shepard and james byrd, jr hate crimes
prevention act. expands 1969 federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by a
victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
originally just talked about ethnicity, race, and religion
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