1. Canadian Hate Crime Laws
Chart 6- Assault was the most continual crime reported in 2012, accounting for 40% 18- 24 year olds accused (Allen, 2014). 84% of hate crime offences were committed by males (Allen, 2014). In 1995 Harry Abrams reported to police that the North Shore Free Press Ltd. published or caused to be published articles that discriminate against Jewish persons. ... Jacobs and Kimberly Potter describe hate crime as "a social construct it focuses on the psyche of the criminal rather than on the criminal's conduct" (Counterpoint: Loving Hate: Why Hate Crime Legislation is a Bad Idea, 2009...
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