How would you design and implement a community based program to reduce hate crime incidents?

Answer 1

An effective program must take into account these concepts:

1) Hate crime perpetrators feel empowered when they perceive there are no consequences to their actions.
2) They also feel empowered when they feel they are in the majority.
3) Most other people are against hate crimes, but are apathetic.
4) This can come from two causes:
i) They don't identify with the victims, or
ii) They don't feel there is anything they can do about it

I would recommend a two-part program: 1) Spread awareness of the special culture of the target group, and 2) Be really prepared to pounce when a hate crime occurs.

To accomplish step one above, you can try steps such as encouraging favorable media coverage for special members of the target group, or maybe encouraging ethnic festivals to which the greater community is invited. For example, here in Boise (a very white city) we have a soul-food festival.

To accomplish step two above, you could liaise with the police to quickly and massively respond to the first incident, the idea being that quick punishment will discourage copy-cats. You should have plans in place before the incident to mobilize sympathy demonstrations. Things like candle-light vigils. You should have press handouts available that dramatize the incident, and most importantly, humanize the victim. It would be good to have radio and TV spots prepared, in advance, announcing "Our community is too great for hate". The goal of the spots should also be to make most people identify with the vicitms and think "there but for the grace of God go I".

A rapid and dramatic community response will generate its own excitement; the small number of trouble-makers will be discouraged. If some are quickly caught by law enforcement, and made examples of, they will be further discouraged.

Answer 2

First stop using the term "hate crime", such PC nonsense turns good people away. Do you want to stop crime or make people think you are stopping crime? An active neighborhood watch with a dedicated police officer on call will speed response and investigative time to solve crime. If crime is home ground, then the neighbors must turn the bad guys in. Once the ciminals know they will have no place to hide, they will move on.

Answer 3

I would place an emphasis in reaching the children in school. Hate is a learned instinct - it is not born. So teaching them that everyone has differences and why it is good will help.

I would next make stiffer penalties and manditory minimums for perpatraitors of a hate crime. If they object, oh well - they shouldn't hit someone when they are different than the offender is.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

First of all, I don't distinguish between hate crimes and any other type of crime. They're all based on one type of hate or another. The only way to reduce crime is to educate and encourage parents to be responsible and bring up respectful kids. So, to answer your question, I would enforce the law, encourage more discipline in schools, and reward neighborhood watchers for spotting low lifes and turning them in. Beyond that, it's pretty much up to parents being responsible for their kids. Unfortunately, this isn't likely to happen anytime soon, thanks to lazy and permissive parents, along with a 'government will take care of it' attitude fostered by liberal thinking miscreants and their media.

'nuff said?

Answer 6

You design a community project that everyone come together in a common cause and they can get to know each other. Working to help the elderly fix up their homes, or neighborhood beautification or something along that order. It takes away the mystery.

Answer 7

City wide shindigs. Invite people from all backgrounds to a certain place, bring food from each culture, and don't forget the American culture. Food will bring in the people even if they don't get along.

Answer 8

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