CRIM 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Dont, Svend Robinson
8 Dec 2016
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Crim 332 - week 9 (nov 3rd, 2016) Regulating hate: challenges of legal interpretation & application. How the law emerged -> in response to what issues: discuss & unpack the law. Lit review: identification of key issues raised by researchers/experts: controversies, stakeholders, potential impacts, etc. Reasons for not reporting: embarrassment, lack of evidence, no outcome belief. Varying definitions, recording practices, collection, sentencing provisions. Acts meant to intimidate, threaten, harm not just the victim but the group to which they belong (and the rest of society harmed) Motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation or any other similar factor (lawrence & verdun-jones, 2011) Balancing of rights: freedom of thought & expression & the right to hate & hold abhorrent beliefs. How are hate-motivated crimes different from other crimes when one can argue that hate was an element of the crime against the individual.
