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Commerece Clause
Artricle 1, Section 8
-Responsible for giving congress the authority to pass laws
Dred Scott v Stanford (1857)
1857
Slavery was affirmed
- 7-2 vote
Texas v Johnson (1984)
1984
- Flag burning
Barclay v Florida
83
- racially motivated killings
Dawson v DE
91
- white suprimiscist escaped from pirosn and killed a lady
Brown v Board of Education
May 17th, 54 in Topeka, Kansas
-Seperate but equal over turned
When was the bill of rights ratified ?
Dec. 15th 1791
RAV v St Paul
92
-Teenage skin head burned crosses
Wisconsin vs Mitchell
93
- Intentionally select a victim because of race
- Sentence inhancement statue
what did the 13th amendment do ?
Abolished slavery in 1865
what did the 14th amendment do ?
protects citizens in 1868
Which case overturned cross burning ?
RAV
What are 3 types of speech that are NOT protected by the 1st amendment ?
Obscenity, deformation, fighting words, threats, incitement and commercial Speech.
What is strict scrutiny ?
The government has to establish a compelling govn. interest, and it has to be narrowly tailored
what do Sentence Inhancement Laws do ?
Hightens the punishment for a crime under certain circumstances
what are some hate groups ?
- Christian Identity - white supreme religion
- Nat’l alliance - now splintered with VA founded hate groups
- Aryan Nations
Types of Prejiduce ?
Xenophobia Anti-Semitism Islamphobia Homophobia Racism Misogyny
Xenophobia ?
Fear or hatred of foreingers
Anti-Semitism
Hostility towards jews
Islamophobia
Hostility towards muslims
Stereotypes ?
Overgeneralizations about groups and their characteristics
Attitudes and their compounds
- Affective (emotional)
- Cognitive (belief) - the way people develop awareness or knowledge of someone or thing
- Conative (behavior)
Pyramid of Prejudice
Acts of indirect prejudice > Acts of Prejudice > Acts of Discrimination > Acts of Violence > Life Threatening Acts
Prejudice
an attitude toward a socially recognized group based on faulty beliefs
Attitude
the way people evaluate information and then respond
Discrimination
he act of treating similar groups of people differently
Group level of prejudice
Two group level factors of prejudice are historical and sociocultural
Individual levels of prejudice
focuses on the persons personality and attitude
American Population
US approx. 300 million
- Af am 13%
- Hispanic/Latinos 16%
- Cali has more Latinos and Asians but fewer whites and blacks as a whole percentage
Where do immigrants come from today ?
Most come from Latin America and Asia while last century they were more likely to come from Europe and Canada
Purpose and goal of criminal justice
Deterrence, rehabilitation, retribution, incapacitation
Balancing criminal justice
Social order vs Morality
Types of Hate Offenders
- Thrill offender (the most common type 60%+)
- Defense offender
- Mission offender least common 5-10%
What percentage of attacks are against people ?
70%
What are the Abrahamic faiths oldest to newest ?
Judiasm, christianity, and Islam
Shepard-Bryd hate crime act
signed in by Obama
- Extende dthe memebers covered under the law
- includes gender, sexual orientation, disability, and gender identity
- extends the cover of hate crime law
- does NOT include the homeless
Fatsest growing religions ?
Islam and Mormonism
Islam holy book? 5 pillars?
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the US
- Holy book is kuran
- Hajj (pilgrimage) , zakat, proclamation of faith, prayer 5 times a day, fasting
what percentage of crimes are against property ?
90%
what is the largest muslim country ?
Indonesia
Catholicism
Oldest christian faith, Largest in the US,
Judiasm
Oldest Abrahamic faith
- started between iraq and modern day palestine
- jews were blamed for crucifixation of christ, the bubonic plague, alien bloodline, planning to take over the world
Hindus
From Inda, a million plus in the US but are still more in India
