Hate Crimes and Violence

In the past 40 years ago, sex crimes against women were not recognized nor appreciated in the courts. Women were seen as slaves in a way in regard to the relationship they ensued in being married. Men had the right to beat their wives and rape them. In the 1990’s crimes against women became recognized that were not recognized beforehand due to the non-liberal attitudes of men who felt that the wife was entitled to be at the mercy of her husband’s discretion even if she was being raped by him. In the 1990’s crack cocaine protruded into the abyss. It was available and made people quite crazy and violent. Though the crack epidemic slowed down in the mid 1990s due to increased public awareness, technology and police control—rape continued but was prosecuted increasingly more— as it was recognized regarding to what it stood for and was—violence against the women. Rape and murder are violent crimes and forcible rape in the marital household was recognized as a form of violence, and domestic violence became increasingly understood more.

Economic trends and the impact of the recession also contributed to up and down swings towards violence and impact of drugs and tools of violence.

Rape and murder was recognized more in the 1990’s and the relationship they had in regard to violence. So the trend continued on in according to how much crime was actually being committed. Trends towards increased violence were changing due to the availability of crack and hand guns. These elements contributed to increased violence and crime within major cities.