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Levin Jack <1941-> |
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Hate crimes revisited : America's war against those who are different / / Jack Levin and Jack McDevitt |
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Boulder, Colorado : , : Westview, , 2002 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Hate crimes - United States |
Prejudices - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-253) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: HATE CRIMES RECONSIDERED; 1 REIGN OF TERROR: THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL; 2 NASTY PICTURES IN OUR HEADS: BELIEFS, STEREOTYPES, AND LEARNING TO HATE; 3 HATRED IS HOT: THE MIXED MESSAGES OF POP CULTURE; 4 RESENTMENT: MOTIVATIONS BEHIND THE HATE; 5 FOR THE THRILL OF IT: THE STRONG PREYING ON THE WEAK; 6 DEFENDING AGAINST A PERSONAL THREAT: TO HATE IS TO PROTECT; 7 RIDDING THE WORLD OF EVIL: HATE AS A DELUSIONAL MISSION; 8 BROTHERHOOD OF BIGOTRY: ORGANIZED HATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY; 9 HATE GOES TO SCHOOL: STILL ALIVE AND WELL ON CAMPUS |
10 MINORITY AGAINST MINORITY: PITCHED BATTLES OF HATE11 HATRED AROUND THE WORLD: KEEPING FOREIGNERS OUT; 12 POLICE RESPONSE: TRAINING,CULTURAL SENSITIVITY, INTERNAL MONITORING, AND TAKING A HARDLINE AGAINST HATE CRIMES; 13 PUBLIC POLICY AND THE LAW: HOW HATE CRIMES ARE PROSECUTED AND INTERPRETED; 14 PREVENTION: STOPPING THE CRIMES AND OFFENDERS IN THEIR TRACKS; 15 COMMUNITY RESPONSE: FIGHTING HATE CRIMES ONE NEIGHBORHOOD AT A TIME; 16 REVISITING HATE CRIMES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Two leading experts on hate crime reassess the threat of violence based on difference--whether in sexual orientation, race, gender, ethnicity, or citizenship-- to help us better understand and ultimately |
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