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09/21/10(Tue)23:14 No.2347466>>2347370
Hate
crimes (also known as bias-motivated crimes) occur when a perpetrator
targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain
social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual
orientation, disability, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender,
gender identity, or political affiliation
effects on people –
psychological and affective disturbances; repercussion on the victim's
identity and self-esteem; both reinforced by the degree of violence of a
hate crime, usually stronger than that of a common one.
effect on
the targeted group – generalized terror in the group to which the victim
belongs, inspiring feelings of vulnerability over the other members,
who could be the next victims.
effect on other vulnerable groups –
ominous effects over minoritarian groups or over groups that identify
themselves with the targeted one, especially when the referred hate is
based on an ideology or doctrine that preaches simultaneously against
several groups
Justifications for harsher punishments for hate
crimes focus on the notion that hate crimes cause greater individual and
societal harm. It is said that, when the core of a person’s identity is
attacked, the degradation and dehumanization is especially severe, and
additional emotional and physiological problems are likely to result.
Society then, in turn, can suffer from the disempowerment of a group of
people. Furthermore, it is asserted that the chances for retaliatory
crimes are greater when a hate crime has been committed
debate
the pros and cons as you wish, sounds reasonable to me, offcourse the
ones who oppose it most are the ones who have never faced it, and are
trying to justify their prejudice |
