Q What forms of prejudice are involved in hate crimes? What are the roles of group competition and scapegoating? Develop an explanation for hate crimes based on these connections. Consider Figure 3.12
After reviewing the graph, it can be said that the overall crime incidents that have been reported were more for race, ethnicity, and ancestry. We all are aware of the increasing level of racism across the country which has also depicted in the results. Prejudice can be considered to be a set of different ideas, concepts, feelings and emotions that can be connected to some groups. If we identify the scapegoating hypothesis, it can help us in understanding that most of the people try to take out their frustration on other people and they work as targets for them which is for the specific groups.