... crimes could feel a threat to there homes and/or property. Desegregation of public housing is thought to be a good example of this type of motivation. Lastly, you have what are referred to as thrill seekers and the mission offenders. Thrill seekers are the type of people randomly target random people of minority group to harass or assault. Mission offenders are the type of people who feel they have to wipe out a group of people because they believe they are evil. However, most offenders are just people that believe in stereotypes and will act spontaneously (Holden, 1999). Hate crimes can be caused by any number of reasons but most tend to be caused by one common factor. Fear, fear of what we do not know will cause us to do strange things and in this case including committing hate crimes. Fear of what we do not know is ...

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