What are hate crimes?
What are hate crimes?
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Hate crimes are criminal offenses motivated by hostility or prejudice towards a person’s race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. These types of crimes can occur in many different forms and result in physical injuries, destruction of property, emotional distress and even death. Laws exist to punish those who commit hate crimes more harshly than if they had not motivated the crime by bias. Hate Crime Prevention Act of 2009 is the federal law which provides protection against hate crimes and increased penalties for perpetrators of such crimes.
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What are hate crimes?
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Hate crimes are criminal offences committed against a person or property which are motivated by some form of bias or prejudice against the victim. These may include racial, gender, sexual orientation, religious and ethnic prejudice, as well as disability and age-related bias. The intent of a hate crime is to intimidate and terrorize an entire community by causing fear through violent attacks. Such crimes frequently have long-lasting psychological effects for the victims and their communities.
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