Hate and bias crime : a reader / edited by Barbara Perry.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Covering everything from hate groups and extremist exploits to Black church arsons and the fall out violence from 9/11; this is an important collection that sheds much-needed light on this growing problem.

COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PERMISSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: DEFINING AND MEASURING HATE AND BIAS CRIME; INTRODUCTION; 1 CONNECTING THE PAST TO THE FUTURE: HATE CRIME IN AMERICA; 2 HATE CRIME: AN EMERGENT RESEARCH AGENDA; 3 THINKING MORE CLEARLY ABOUT HATE-MOTIVATED CRIMES; 4 RACIAL HARASSMENT AND THE PROCESS OF VICTIMIZATION: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LOCAL CRIME SURVEY; 5 IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF BIAS CRIME STATISTICS NATIONALLY: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF BIAS CRIME DATA COLLECTION.

PART TWO: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCESINTRODUCTION; 6 ACCOUNTING FOR HATE CRIME: DOING DIFFERENCE; 7 HATE CRIME OFFENDERS: AN EXPANDED TYPOLOGY; 8 EXAMINING HATE-MOTIVATED AGGRESSION: A REVIEW OF THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL LITERATURE ON HATE CRIMES AS A DISTINCT FORM OF AGGRESSION; 9 HATE CRIMES HURT MORE; 10 CONSEQUENCES FOR VICTIMS: A COMPARISON OF BIAS-AND NON-BIAS-MOTIVATED ASSAULTS; 11 THE TRAUMATIC EFFECTS OF ETHNOVIOLENCE; PART THREE: VICTIMS; INTRODUCTION; 12 BLACK CHURCH ARSON IN THE UNITED STATES, 1989-1996; 13 ANTI-MUSLIM RETALIATORY VIOLENCE FOLLOWING THE 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS.

14 TREATY RIGHTS AND RESPONDING TO ANTI-INDIAN ACTIVITY15 THE MAINSTREAMING OF HATE: A REPORT ON LATINOS AND HARASSMENT, HATE VIOLENCE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ABUSE IN THE ' 90S; 16 RACIAL VIOLENCE AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS; 17 2001 AUDIT OF ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS; 18 VICTIM EXPERIENCES IN HATE CRIMES BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION; 19 GENDER-BIAS HATE CRIMES: A REVIEW; 20 EXAMINING THE BOUNDARIES OF HATE CRIME LAW: DISABILITIES AND THE DILEMMA OF DIFFERENCE -- PART FOUR: HATE GROUPS; INTRODUCTION; 21 DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH: HATE GROUPS AND IDEOLOGIES OF POWER.

22 WHITE BOYS TO TERRORIST MEN: TARGET RECRUITMENT OF NAZI SKINHEADS23 BECOMING A RACIST: WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY KU KLUX KLAN AND NEO-NAZI GROUPS; 24 CONSTRUCTING WHITENESS: THE INTERSECTIONS OF RACE AND GENDER IN US WHITE SUPREMACIST DISCOURSE; 25 CYBERHATE: A LEGAL AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF EXTREMISTS' USE OF COMPUTER NETWORKS IN AMERICA; PART FIVE: INTERVENTIONS; INTRODUCTION; 26 THE BIRTH AND MATURATION OF HATE CRIME POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES; 27 THE EMERGENCE AND IMPLICATIONS OF AMERICAN HATE CRIME JURISPRUDENCE; 28 POLICING HATRED: POLICE BIAS UNITS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF HATE CRIME.

29 VICTIM-OFFENDER MEDIATION: THE ROAD TO REPAIRING HATE CRIME INJUSTICE30 PROMISING PRACTICES AGAINST HATE CRIMES: FIVE STATE AND LOCAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS; 31 THE PREVENTION OF ANTI-LESBIAN/GAY HATE CRIMES THROUGH SOCIAL CHANGE AND EMPOWERMENT; APPENDIX ONE: HATE CRIME LEGISLATION; APPENDIX TWO: HATE CRIME DATA; APPENDIX THREE: ANTI-HATE RESOURCES; INDEX.

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