Hate Crime
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1. What#is#meant#by#the#term#‘serial#killing’#and#how#can#we#explain#this#form#of#
extreme#violence.
2. What#does#the#term#‘domestic#violence’#cover,#what#impact#does#this#form#of#
violence#have#and#what#should#be#done#about#it?
3. ‘The#solution#to#the#problem#of#rape#is#not#harsher#sentences’.##Discuss.
4. How#big#a#problem#is#sports#violence#for#society#and#what#should#be#done#
about#it?
5. What#is#a#hate#crime,#why#does#it#occur#and#what#can#be#done#about#it?
6. ‘The#homicide#rate#in#the#US#is#greater#than#that#of#the#UK#because#of#the#
greater#availability#of#guns’.##Discuss#this#statement#and#consider#other#
explanations.
7. Discuss#the#difficulties#of#defining#child#abuse,#where#is#it#most#likely#to#occur#
and#what#can#be#done#about#it?#
8. Where#and#from#whom#are#we#most#in#danger#of#violence?
9. Discuss#the#problems#of#researching#one#of#the#following#areas:
a) domestic#violence
b) child#abuse
c) hate#crime
10.#######Are#women#as#capable#as#men#of#extreme#acts#of#violence?
11.#######‘The#violence#of#war#and#the#violence#of#the#streets#are#essentially#similar#
#############phenomena’.##Discuss.###
12.#######Discuss#the#problem#of#violence#in#schools.##What#can#be#done#to#prevent#it?
13.######Is#violence#ever#justified?#
14.######Discuss#the#extent#and#patterns#of#homicide.###Where#is#homicide#most#likely#to###
############be#focused#and#why?
15.#####Discuss#the#types#of#violence#perpetrated#by#gangs#and#the#reasons#for#gangU##
###########related violence?
16.Why does genocide occur?
17.Discuss the individual and societal impact of one of the following:
a) school shootings
b) organized hate crime groups
c) femicide
d) terrorist violence
e) the violence of war
f) honor killing