Crimes of Hate

Selected Readings
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-7619-2943-7
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 757 g

As an emerging domain of law, the field of hate crimes is changing rapidly. Staying current with the wide-ranging social and legal aspects of hate crimes is essential to understanding policy implications and the growing societal debate.

Crimes of Hate: Selected Readings is the first comprehensive reader to offer an up-to-date, multidisciplinary examination of hate crimes. Editors Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld and Diana R. Grant include articles from a variety of disciplines, including criminal justice, criminology, sociology, psychology, and political science. With introductions, discussion questions, and resource lists, this unique anthology combines the most current research on hate crimes with accessible articles from scholarly and legal journals in a single, easily understood format.

Incorporating a variety of perspectives, Crimes of Hate: Selected Readings examines
- Policy issues and legislation
- Offenders and organized hate groups
- Victims and the impact of hate crimes on individuals and groups
- Hate crime prevention efforts
- International issues of hate crime

Developed as a companion to Gerstenfeld's Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, and Controversies, this innovative reader will provoke thought and discussion in undergraduate and graduate students in criminology, criminal justice, and sociology courses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gerstenfeld, Phyllis B.

Grant, Diana R.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION
1. Connecting the Past to the Future: Hate Crime in America - C. Petrosino
SECTION TWO: HATE CRIME LAWS
2. The Birth and Maturation of Hate Crime Policy in the United States - R. Grattet and V. Jenness

3. Consequences for Victims: A Comparison of Bias- and Non-bias-Motivated Assaults - J. McDevitt, J. Balboni, L. Garcia, and J. Gu

4. Retaliation, Fear, or Rage: An Investigation of African American and White Reactions to Racist Hate Crimes - K. M. Craig
5. R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, 505 U.S. 377

SECTION THREE: POLICY PROBLEMS
6. Wisconsin v. Mitchell, 508 U.S. 476

7. Good Intentions: The Enforcement of Hate Crime Penalty-Enhancement Statutes - K. Franklin
8. An Analysis of Factors that Affect Law Enforcement Participation in Hate Crime Reporting - J. J. Nolan, and Y. Akiyama

SECTION FOUR: HATE CRIME OFFENDERS
9. Hate Crime Offenders: An Expanded Typology - J. McDevitt, J. Levin, and S. Bennett

10. Bias Crime Motivation: A Study of Hate Crime and Offender Neutralization Techniques Used Against The Amish - B. D. Byers, B. W. Crider, and G. K. Biggers

11. Why Can't We Just Get Along? Interpersonal Biases and Interracial Distrust - J. F. Dovidio, S. L. Gaertner, K. Kawakami, and G. Hodson
12. Hate Online: A Content Analysis of Extremist Internet Sites - P. B. Gerstenfeld, D. R. Grant, and C. Chiang
13. Hate Crime and Everyday Discrimination: Influences of and on The Social Context - L. Wang
SECTION FIVE: ORGANIZED HATE GROUPS
14. An Ethnographer Looks at Neo-Nazi and Klan Groups: The Racist Mind Revisited - R. S. Ezekiel

15. History as a Weapon: How Extremists Deny the Holocaust in North America - B. Levin

16. White Boys to Terrorist Men: Target Recruitment of Nazi Skinheads - R. Blazak

SECTION SIX: HATE CRIME VICTIMS
17. Hate Crimes Against African Americans: The Extent of the Problem - S. Torres
18. Hate Crime Victimization Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults: Prevalence, Psychological Correlates, and Methodological Issues - G. M. Herek, J. R. Gillis, J. C. Cogan, and E. K. Glunt
19. Hate Violence as Border Patrol: An Asian American Theory of Hate Violence - T. Chen
20. Examining The Boundaries Of Hate Crime Law: Disabilities and the "Dilemma of Difference" - R. Grattet and V. Jenness
SECTION SEVEN: FIGHTING CRIME
21. Hate Crime and Anti-Racism Campaigning: Testing the Approach of Portraying Stereotypical Information-Processing - F. W. Winkel
22. Victim-Offender Mediation: The Road to Repairing Hate Crime Injustice - A. H. Shenk
23. Stop The Hate: Massachusetts Task Force Creates Student Civil Rights Project to Combat Problem - J. Mahoney
SECTION EIGHT: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
24. Racism, Ethnicity and Hate Crime - R. White and S. Perrone
25. Aggressive Youth Cultures and Hate Crime: Skinheads and Xenophobic Youth in Germany - M. W. Watts
26. Legislating Against Hate: Outlawing Racism and Anti-Semitism in Britain - P. Iganksi
27. The Persecution of Gypsies in Europe - M. Brearley

Über Autor(innen)

Grant, Diana R.
Diana R. Grant is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Administration at Sonoma State University. She received her Ph.D. in Social Ecology from the University of California, Irvine. Her research interests focus on the social psychology of legal processes and legal decision making.

Gerstenfeld, Phyllis B.
Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld has a BA in psychology from Reed College, an MA and a PhD in psychology from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and a JD from the University of Nebraska. She is a professor and chair of Criminal Justice at California State University, Stanislaus, where she has taught a class on hate crimes since 1994. In addition to hate crimes, her research interests include juvenile justice, capital punishment, and psychology and law.