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Policing hatred : law enforcement, civil rights, and hate crime /

"Policing Hatred explores the intersection of race and law enforcement in the controversial area of hate crime. The nation's attention has recently been focused on high-profile hate crimes such as the dragging death of James Byrd and the torture-murder of Matthew Shepard. This book calls a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bell, Jeannine, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2002]
Colección:Critical America.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The framework of police decision-making in hate crime cases
  • Integration and hate crime: the institutionalization of civil rights laws
  • Investigation: detectives and the making of hate crime
  • The difficulty of hate crime investigation
  • Public culture and hate crime
  • The decision to seek charges
  • Prosecutors and the courts
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Research methodology: a peek behind the curtain.