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hate crimeIn law, a crime directed at a person or persons on the basis of characteristics such as race, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. The concept emerged in the U.S. in the late 1970s, and since then laws have been passed in many U.S. states mandating additional penalties for violent crimes motivated by bias or bigotry against particular groups. Several other Western countries, including Australia, Britain, and Canada, have adopted laws designed to curb violent crime against racial and religious minorities. For example, German law forbids public incitement and instigation of racial hatred, including the distribution of Nazi propaganda. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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THE nine black teen girls and one boy who are charged with a racially motivated hate crime against whites in Long Beach have made a sort of perverse history: It's one of the rare times that underage blacks have landed in a court docket for hateful attacks against whites. In the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, the victim of a hate crime may be an individual, a business, an institution, or society as a whole. In response to mounting national concern over crimes motivated by bias, Congress enacted the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990. |
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