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Making hate a crime : from social movement to law enforcement /

"In Making Hate a Crime, Valerie Jenness and Ryken Grattet show how the concept of hate crime emerged and evolved over time, as it traversed the arenas of American politics, legislatures, courts, and law enforcement.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Jenness, Valerie, 1963- (Autor), Grattet, Ryken (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2001]
Colección:Rose series in sociology.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the hate crime agenda
  • The emergence of an anti-hate-crime movement and the construction of an epidemic of violence
  • Social movement mobilization, categorization processes, and meaning making in federal hate crime law
  • Diffusion processes and the evolution of state hate crime law
  • Judicial decision making and the changing meaning of hate crime
  • Law enforcement responses: policing and prosecuting hate crime
  • Conclusion: empirical findings, theoretical interpretations, and policy implications.