An Analysis of the Root Causes of Hate Crimes

An Analysis of the Root Causes of Hate Crimes

Abstract

Hate crimes have been a longtime surviving problem and challenge in America. In the early 19^th century, lynching was a common crime, and mostly based on racial segregation. By the early 1950’s hate crimes had advanced from purely racial to include crimes and violence against the gay members of society and gender based hate crimes. Hate crimes are born out of prejudice which comes across in the form of scape goating and stereotyping. For decades now, the focus has been on understanding the effects of such hate crimes, and therefore providing recommendations based on the emergency nature of the problem. Today, hate crimes affect and have effect not on a singular group,…