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Cultural Diversity for the Criminal Justice Professional – 8 week individual work Week 8: Week Eight - Individual Work Only 300 words Instructional Objectives for this activity: Assess the relevance of community policing towards all multicultural communities.Research the available resources in your respective communities and list which groups provide victim assistance for victims of hate/bias crimes. Describe how these groups are working with local law enforcement.Page Review Chapter 11, "Hate/Bias Crimes: Victims, Laws, Investigations, and Prosecutions," pages 321-362. INTRODUTION: Crimes motivated by hate/ bias have occurred in the United States for generations. Most of the immigrant groups that have come to American, including the Irish, Italian, Chinese, Polish, and Puerto Rican, to name a few, have been victimized. This chapter, however, address only crimes motivated by hate in which the victims are Jewish or gay, les-bias, bisexual, or transgender individuals. Additional examples of specific racial, ethnic, and religious group hate/ bias crimes are discussed in the culture- specific chapters. The Hate/ Bias Crime Problem: Victims of hate/ bias have crimes are particularly sensitive and unsettled because they feel powerless to alter the situation, since they cannot change their racial, ethnic or religious background. Furthermore, the individual involved is not the sole victim, because often fear of similar crimes can affect an entire group of citizens. A physical attack on a person because of race, religion, ethnic background, or sexual orientation is a particularly insidious form of violent behavior. Verbal assaults on persons because of others’ perceptions of their “differences” are equally distressing to both the victim and the society. And, unfortunately, these kinds of incidents can also occur in the law enforcement workplace among coworkers. When law enforcement treats such occurrences seriously, it sends a message to community...