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Hate crimes : criminal law & identity politics /
In the early-1980s, the US Congress and many state legislatures passed a wave of "hate crime" laws requiring the collection of statistics on, and enhancing punishments for, crimes motivated by certain prejudices. This book places the evolution of the hate crime concept in socio-legal persp...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2001, ©1998.
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| Colección: | Studies in crime and public policy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; ONE: Introduction; TWO: What Is Hate Crime?; THREE: Hate Crime Laws; FOUR: Social Construction of a Hate Crime Epidemic; FIVE: The Politics of Hate Crime Laws; SIX: Justification for Hate Crime Laws; SEVEN: Enforcing Hate Crime Laws; EIGHT: Hate Speech, Hate Crime, and the Constitution; NINE: Identity Politics and Hate Crimes; TEN: Policy Recommendations; Notes; Bibliography; Table of Cases; Index.