2006-08-23 14:43:58 · 11 answers · asked by blamurfen 2 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
What makes a 'hate' crime any different from other crimes and what purpose does the additional classification give?
2006-08-23 14:54:04 · update #1
A hate crime is a crime in which a white person does something against a non-white person and the cops find out.
2006-08-23 19:21:10 · answer #1 · answered by albinopolarbear 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My definition of a hate crime is a crime against a person as a result of some hatred that person has for the victim. The reason it matters is a lot of states laws provide for a longer sentence or worse punishment for people who are convicted of a 'hate crime.'
It is similar to committing a crime with a weapon. If you rob a store without a weapon, you may get a lesser sentence than if you robbed it with one.
You are doubly punished if you use a gun to commit a hate crime. The charges just stack up and they put you away for a longer and longer time!
2006-08-23 15:05:57 · answer #2 · answered by Ken C. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A crime that is committed against someone (or group) specifically because of that person's race, sexual orientation or religion is how I think of a hate crime.
2006-08-23 14:50:38 · answer #3 · answered by tsopolly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think all crime is a hate crime. You have to hate someone to do a crime against them.
2006-08-23 14:50:35 · answer #4 · answered by First Lady 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hate crimes are crimes that are motivated by feelings of hostility against any identifiable group of people within a society, such as violent crime, hate speech or vandalism. If systematic, rather than spontaneous, instigators of such crimes are sometimes organized into hate groups.
2006-08-23 14:50:07 · answer #5 · answered by Spock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hate crime is a crime perpetrated against someone just because you are bigoted enough to hate someone for who they are, what they are or how they think/live/love.
2006-08-23 15:24:30 · answer #6 · answered by Silvatungfox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A crime against a person for "what" they are and not "who" they are. Targeting anonymous people for your ideas and not them specifically.
2006-08-23 14:56:41 · answer #7 · answered by st pete rn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the terrorism bombing are hate crime.
2006-08-23 16:58:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a crime against a person or persons of another race, creed, color, religion, or national orgin
2006-08-23 15:08:23 · answer #9 · answered by Calvin of China, PhD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ANY CRIME THAT IS RACIALLY ,ETHNICALLY MOTIVATED. OR A CRIME INITIATED BECAUSE OF A GENDER OR SEXUALLY ORIENTATED BIAS.
2006-08-23 14:52:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋