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Rarely invoked. Fewer than one case a year on average has been successfully prosecuted in Texas as a hate crime. (See §Hate crime law) Hate crime laws include gender identity or expression Same-sex marriages (Since 2015) [3] Stepchild adoption by same-sex couples If legally married [51] [52] Joint adoption by same-sex couples If legally ...
Conceived as a response to the murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr., both in 1998, the measure expands the 1968 United States federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
Inmates may not be able to complete the education programs due to being relocated to a different prison or because their sentence has been ended. [141] Many education programs do not address the needs that women have based on their gender. [139] Education programs can help women get connected to their community. [139]
If you are based in the USA, and you or someone you know needs mental health assistance right now, call the National Suicide Prevention Helpline on 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
The U.S. Justice Department found on Thursday that Texas has routinely violated the civil rights of juveniles at five of its detention facilities by using excessive force, failing to protect them ...
Sex differences in crime are differences between men and women as the perpetrators or victims of crime.Such studies may belong to fields such as criminology (the scientific study of criminal behavior), sociobiology (which attempts to demonstrate a causal relationship between biological factors, in this case biological sex and human behaviors), or feminist studies.
In May, the former crime victim’s coordinator of the Starr County District Attorney’s Office pleaded guilty to smuggling illegal border crossers to Houston using a government vehicle.
According to the World Prison Brief the total number in China would be much higher if pre-trial detainees and those held in administrative detention were added, and yet more depending on the number of Uyghurs being held. [4] The 2021 US incarceration rate of 531 per 100,000 population was the 6th highest rate. [1]