Criminals who beat up or murder gay people just for that reason - shouldn't they be treated as ordinary sexual offenders and kept in preventive detention even after their prison terms expire?
2007-03-08 10:41:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It's not a sexually related offense. Then again, neither is urinating in public, and many states consider that a "sexual offense".
Attacks motivated by homophobia fall under the category of hate crimes, since they are motivated by a particular prejudicial hatred.
2007-03-08 10:55:22 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be charged as a sex offender, there has to be some sex-offence I.E. the person must sexually assault the person.
If you take the approach of preventative detention on this basis, you would also have to use preventative detention on all discrimination focused crime.
2007-03-08 18:53:44 · answer #2 · answered by Maniaca Esoterica 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the difference here is in the rate of recidivism. It has been shown that for most people, (although not all) detention prevents the behavior from being repeated in the future. For sex offenders, especially those who prey on children, the possibility of re-arrest will rarely deter them from engaging in the unlawful activity once they have been released.
2007-03-08 18:46:32 · answer #3 · answered by helplessromatic2000 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If public urination or topless sunbathing will make you a sex offender, then why not anything else?
Hell, how about just being IN POSESSION of anatomical genitalia?
I agree that hate crime is inexcusable, but please, there are already assault laws that cover that kind of violence.
Now if the violence becomes sexual in nature, then of course it should be sexual assault (and it already is)!
The sexual orientation of the victim or the perpetrator should not matter (and it doesn't now so why make it)!
2007-03-08 18:46:12 · answer #4 · answered by A Box of Signs 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No because a sexual offense involves a sex act. They should be charged with a hate crime and taught to respect others.
2007-03-08 18:47:58 · answer #5 · answered by teetzijo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"phobic" is a term coined by the psychiatry cult. It suggests people who are repelled by certain things are crazy. Of course, if everyone were sane, psyciatrists wouldn't be able to make the mortgage payment. It is wrong to attack people because you find them repelling. It also isn't too healthy to sit around wondering how to punish people who hate.
2007-03-08 18:54:06 · answer #6 · answered by chatter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hate crime gets them more time behind bars than a sex offense. most sex offenders get very little time. violent hate crimes carry more time plus a strike. sex crimes = no strike unless of course there is violence. funny how the strike law does not apply to the original intent of the very law.
2007-03-08 18:50:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Sexual Offenders" are people who are guilty of sexual crimes, beating up or murdering Gays are hate crimes. Hate crimes are harsher than standard crimes, That should be good enough for you.
2007-03-08 18:48:51 · answer #8 · answered by Matticus Kole 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's considered a hate crime, which always adds time on to the initial charge of assualt or whatever.
2007-03-08 18:44:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, they did not commit a sexual offense. They commited a hate crime.
2007-03-08 18:49:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋