Download or read book State Statutes Governing Hate Crimes written by Alison M. Smith and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Compiles state statutes pertaining to hate crimes. Hate crime have been defined as a ¿crime in which the defendant intentionally selects a victim, or in the case of property crime, the property that is the object of the crime¿ motivated by prejudice based on the ¿race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation¿ of the victim. States have various statutory provisions covering hate crimes which include ones that: (1) criminalize destruction of religious institutions; (2) criminalize bias-motivated violence and intimidation; (3) mandate reporting of hate crimes; (4) mandate training for state police officers in recognizing and reporting hate crimes; and (5) prohibit infringement on another person¿s civil rights. Charts and tables.