CRM 202- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 14 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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A hate crime is a bias-motivated, prejudice based crime. The perpetrator intentionally selects the victim based on. Race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexuality, nationality. The motive behind the crime is the hatred against an entire group or community. Vandalism and other forms of property damage. Anti-semitism: persecution of jewish people; holocaust (1938-1945); firebombs at synagogues. Anti-muslim racism: post 9/11 context; israel-palestine conflict. Anti-heathen: the puritans and white settler colonialism. Women as a group are the target with gender being the primary motive as a result of patriarchal gender constructs. Third highest motivator for hate crimes (1. race; 2. religion) Lesbian, gay , bi-sexual, transgendered and queer (lgbtq) people in canada and the law. Ellen faulkner in diversity, crime, and justice in canada (2011: 230- 252). Hate crimes and canadian hate crime legislation. Gender and sexuality intersecting with class, religion and race. Masculinity = socially constructed: power relations, morals, historical socio-economic and political contexts.
