SOC 2760 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Gendercide, Hate Crime Statistics Act

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2760
• Professor: Rob Shearer

Document Summary

Hate crime: when the motivation to do a crime is hatred, bias, prejudice, based on the actual or perceived race, colour, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation of another or group of individuals. Key is not out of hatred of the victim but that the crime against him or her is committed of prejudice toward the group the offender presents. 1990 george h. bush signed the hate crime statistics act; mandated hate crimes data be collected on hate crimes across the u. s (pg 230 for stats) Hate crimes most likely to occur at the victims residence or in an open space regardless of bias motivation. Most common weapons were the offenders hands and feet. Majority of offences motivated by race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and disability bias are violent offences in particular assault. Most hate crime statutes mandate the counting of hate crimes or the addition of sentencing enhancements for hate crimes or both.