Hate crimes in USA and Russia

Hate crimes in USA and Russia

Introduction

Hate crimes occurs when an individual attacks another individual on the basis of their association with a particular societal group, depending on their race, cast, color, creed, ideology, religion, ethnicity and gender identity, sexual orientation or some disability. A crime of hatred is violent behavior motivated by prejudice, and its production and reproduction seem proper to societies throughout human history. The way that prejudices are established on the social context and the stereotypes are being created by the society itself, such prejudice and violence that are generated in the society are caused by the necessity of differentiating between local hegemonic and non-hegemonic fear of losing some privileges first. The unification and repetition of prejudice in the society are a way to legitimize violent acts carried out by specific groups (Jacobs, & Potter, 1998).

Discussion

Hate crimes are seen by many as a way to perform the actions that the State did not have the ability to take. An example of this might be the paramilitaries seeking to establish the order in which the state has no presence. Similarly, these acts have become a form of violence discriminatory not only, as already mentioned, against ethnic groups but often against women, with these views, poses as Catharine A. Mackinnon in Feminism, Marxism, method and the state: Toward a feminist theory of law as male-dominated. This measure is in charge of equality in law and therefore is at the point of view of them being measured sexual discrimination. Since this is somewhat subjective measure, could be led to commit hate crimes against specific groups of women, as are the prostitutes, but not be punished indiscriminately regardless prejudice. States, worried by the situation mentioned above, have created laws against discrimination and, in particular, have created laws against hate crimes to provide special protection to groups that are affected by these violent practices. Russia has seen a wave of hate crimes after the liquidation of the Soviet Union which occurred in the year 1991. The skinheads and youth gangs attacked foreigners, who did not indicate their appearance that they are Slavs, frequently in Moscow and other cities.

Impact of hate crime for the victim

Humiliation

Damage to self-esteem, identity and human dignity

Degree of violence often much higher than another type of crime

Fear of being identified and a reoccurrence

Isolation

For the community

The feeling of safety in the community concerned may be affected.

The whole community is affected.

Hate crimes violate our multicultural society

Definition of hate crimes in Russia and USA

There is a colossal disagreement among the community leaders and the government officials of Russia, on how to define hate crimes, and in particular how to differ them with hooliganism, which is the Russian equivalent to a transgression public charge in the United States of America. Whereas, as compared to the United States of America hooliganism is defined in a much coarse manner inside Russia it refers to anything from sabotage to a trivial assault on an individual. This term is frequently used by the ...