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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784660603321

Autore

Jacobs James B

Titolo

Hate Crimes [[electronic resource] ] : Criminal Law and Identity Politics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

1-281-34684-5

9786611346843

1-4237-4568-X

0-19-803222-6

1-60256-710-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Disciplina

345.73025

364.155

Soggetti

Hate crimes

Criminal Law & Procedure - U.S

Law - U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 perspective.