Hate crime definition

Hate crime means a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of one or more of the following actual or perceived characteristics of the victim:

Hate crime means a crime where the defendant intentionally selects the person against whom the crime under Title 18.2 of the Virginia Code and/or Chapter 17 of the Arlington County Code is committed or selects the property which is damaged or otherwise affected by the crime under Title

Hate crime means one of the following public offenses when committed against a person or a person’s property because of the person’s race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability, or the person’s association with a person of a certain race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability:

Examples of Hate crime in a sentence

• Hate Crime Any incident which may or may not constitute a criminal offence, which is perceived by the victim or any other person as being motivated by prejudice or hate.

• Both colleges have achieved Investors in People with South Lanarkshire College also a centre for reporting Hate Crime.

• The College will also develop stronger links with representatives of our local Polish Communities (our largest ethnic group), building on current developments arising from our membership of the Renfrewshire/Inverclyde Grey Spaces community forum, chaired by Police Scotland, which has highlighted additional demand for ESOL courses, but also significant levels of racial incidents in the community, which validates our commitment to becoming a Hate Crime Reporting Centre, and a Keep Safe organisation.

• A Hate Crime is defined as “Any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person’s race or perceived race; religion or perceived religion; sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation; disability or perceived disability and any crime motivated by hostility or prejudice against a person who is transgender or perceived to be transgender.” − It is illegal for minors to access pornography.

• Hate Crime Make Sefton a safer place for all under represented groups by promoting the reporting and positive responses to Hate Crime.

More Definitions of Hate crime

Hate crime means (i) a criminal act committed against a person or his property with the specific intent of instilling fear or intimidation in the individual against whom the act is perpetrated because of race, religion, ethnic origin or sexual orientation or that is committed for the purpose of restraining that person from exercising his rights under the Constitution or laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia or of the United States, (ii) any illegal act directed against any persons or their property because of those persons' race, religion, national origin or sexual orientation and (iii) all other incidents, as determined by law-enforcement authorities, intended to intimidate or harass any individual or group because of race, religion, national origin or sexual orientation.

Hate crime means any criminal offence that is motivated by hostility or prejudice based on the victim’s disability, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or transgender identity;

Hate crime means any offense as described in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code.

Hate crime means any suspected or confirmed offense or unlawful act which is directed at or occurs to a person, private property, or public property on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation or ethnicity. An offense is bias- based and thus constitutes a hate crime for the purposes of this Agreement if the motive for the commission of the offense or unlawful act is racial, religious, ethnic or pertains to sexual orientation. The designated bias incident offenses under New Jersey law are as follows:

Hate crime means one of the following public offenses

Hate crime means any criminal offence committed against a person or property that is motivated, in whole or in part, by bias or prejudice based on real or perceived race, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, gender, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation or any other similar factor, whether that of a victim or that of associates with whom a victim is closely affiliated. ‘Any other similar factor’, as specified in the Criminal Code, is to be interpreted, for this purpose, in a manner similar to ‘analogous grounds’ in Section 15(1) of the Charter.2

Hate crime. -- means any crime motivated by bigotry and bias, including, but not