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Hate crimes in this country are indeed at an all time high. According to the FBI, “a hate crime is a criminal offense motivated by bias, particularly against a given race, religion, disability, ethnicity, nationality, or sexual orientation
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What to do about Hate Crimes in America Wm. Guy Harvey II Student AIU Online SOC210-0504B-02 Dale Howard November 26, 2005 What to do About Hate Crimes in America Hate crimes in this country are indeed at an all time high. According to the FBI, "a hate crime is a criminal offense motivated by bias, particularly against a given race, religion, disability, ethnicity, nationality, or sexual orientation" ("Hate Crimes," 2004). The FBI recorded some 9,730 hate crimes in 2001 from approximately 12,000 police agencies around the country. This is almost a 21% jump in reported hate crimes from 2000 ("ADL Calls for Expanded Education & Training to Address Significant Increase in Hate Crimes Reported to FBI," 2002). The majority of hate crimes committed each year is surprisingly not committed by people involved with hate groups but by individual people. The average person to commit a hate crime is someone who...
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