hate crime

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n. A crime motivated by prejudice against a social group: "[His]murders were hate crimes targeting victims by gender” ( Jane Caputi and Diana E.H. Russell).

n. A crime considered particularly heinous for having been motivated by hate for a race, gender, religion, etc. which can result in harsher punishments by statute.

“Similar results have been reported by diffusion scholars (mainly general sociologists and political scientists) studying the spread of such innovations as hate crime laws (Grattet, Jenness, and Curry, 1998), state lotteries (Berry and Berry, 1990), and so forth through the American states.”

Simon & Schuster: Diffusion of Innovations
“An example is the diffusion of hate crime laws in the United States Grattet, Jenness, and Curry, 1998.”

Simon & Schuster: Diffusion of Innovations

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