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This 5 page paper discusses some of the theories that can potentially account for hate crimes. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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make all members of the group uneasy. For example, if a person paints the word "faggot" on the wall of a college dormitory, he directly threatens the person who is
the target of his hatred, but he also makes all gay students feel threatened. This paper discusses the underlying psychological and other theories that may motivate people who commit hate
crimes. Discussion One things should be noted at the outset: it was difficult, despite numerous searches using a great many combinations of search terms, to find much material on this
subject. One reference said that there has been relatively little done on this specific aspect of hate crimes, and the difficult of the research reflects that. The legal definition
of hate crime speaks to the fact that the victim is a member of a particular group, which means that some researchers and reporters "conceptualize prejudice and hate crime as
motivated by the distinctiveness of the victim(s), because the offender targets only victims with different group memberships" (Sun, 2008). But this perception is incorrect; in reality, the legal definition "specifies
the mental state of the offenders, including: (1) the required criminal intent (mens rea); and (2) the offenders cognitive distortions; rather than suggesting that the victims group membership is the
cause for prejudice or hate crime" (Sun, 2008). This puts the motive for the crime precisely where it belongs, on the person who committed the crime, rather than laying the
blame for the crime on the victim for being who he is. This also means that research into the mental state of the perpetrator is very worthwhile. Like other crimes,
hate crimes "require a specific criminal intent, or the presence of mens rea as one of the key elements for establishing the perpetrators criminal responsibility" (Sun, 2008). The criminal intent
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