Citation

Prahlow JA. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2007; 28(4): 284-287.

Affiliation

South Bend Medical Foundation and Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, USA. jprahlow@sbmf.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PAF.0b013e31815b4d6c

PMID

18043012

Abstract

Hate crimes represent crimes committed against an individual or group on the basis of their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability. For the forensic pathologist, a death related to a hate crime should be considered a high-profile case, one in which the pathologist should expect abundant public interest and scrutiny. In this article, an overview of hate crimes is presented, stressing the different types of hate crimes and the motives of those who commit such crimes. For death investigators and forensic pathologists, an awareness of these details will help them to recognize and appropriately anticipate issues that may be important in deaths related to hate crimes.

Language: en