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Dec 28, 2020 · Just like hate crime (Craig, 2002), hate speech curtails the behavior and freedom of expression of victims (and their colleagues), often leading to self-censorship that poses a threat to the basic principles of democracy (Clark & Grech, 2017). Thus, derogatory or hate speech against public figures such as politicians and journalists deserve a ...
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It is unacceptable that acts of individuals or small groups can be regarded as crimes, while at the same time policies and systems that cause suffering and victimisation on a much higher scale are not. We must reject the myth of individual responsibility that is intrinsic to modern criminal law and criminal justice system (see [22, 41, 52]). Theref...
Legitimacy is another basic characteristic of the newly proposed definition of crime and can be dealt with from two perspectives – narrow (internal political) and broader (civilisational). This dichotomous approach closely coincides with the distinction between empirical and normative legitimacy . The first concept applies to the narrow perception ...
Civilisational legitimacy does not derive from mass support of the people, but stems from social justice and fairness. In the analysis of the Holocaust, Bauman (: 177–178) persuasively shows that, even if all of society recommends a specific action, this can still be an immoral one and defying the social consensus can represent a moral (and legitim...
Harm is necessarily linked with the abuse of power and is an inevitable component of crime. Reiman argues that the label of “crime” is applied appropriately when attached to all or at least the worst harms to society and inappropriately if used for harmless or even not seriously harmful acts. Crime internalises the notion of social harm; these are...
- Aleš Bučar Ručman
- ales.bucar@fvv.uni-mb.si
- 2019
Mar 23, 2021 · Abstract. The term hate crime is instinctively understood across policy and practice domains, but is defined differently across contexts. Whilst it is accepted that a standard universal and internationally accepted definition of a hate crime is not possible or desirable, I will seek to create common definitional boundaries for the term hate crime, which allows for jurisdictional flexibility ...
- Jennifer Schweppe
- 2021
Definition of criminal speech. Criminal speech is a legal concept that identifies certain kinds of speech as a crime and outside the protection of the First Amendment. In order for a statute that places limits on speech based on its content to be found Constitutional, it must pass strict scrutiny analysis as set forth in United
In short, what we can say about the definition of crime in crimi-nology is that the criminal- law definition of crime is privileged within criminology and criminal justice. And as noted, most crimi-nologists spend little effort discussing the criminal- law definition of crime or assessing its benefits and weaknesses (see as an example, Tappan ...
- Michael J. Lynch, Paul B. Stretesky, Michael A. Long
- 2015
Apr 16, 2024 · At the New York State Forensic League Championship over the weekend, the Hearn Speech and Debate Society won the state debate championship for the 33rd time in the past 40 years. Several members of the Hearn were also awarded prizes for their outstanding individual performances. In the category of public forum debate, seniors Danny Bajada ’24 ...
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Dec 1, 2012 · Hate speech is a public expression of discrimination against a vulnerable group (based on race, gender, sexual orientation, disability etc) and it is counter-productive not to criminalize it. A society that allows hate speech to go unpunished is one that tolerates discrimination and invites violence.
