Hate crimes / Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld.
| Author/creator | Gerstenfeld, Phyllis B. author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Fourth edition. |
| Publication | Los Angeles : SAGE, 2017. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Hate crimes : causes, controls, and controversies |
| Contents | Preface; Second Edition Preface; Third Edition Preface; Fourth Edition Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Whys and Hows of Hate Crime Laws; Overview of This Book; Goals of This Book; Punishing Hate Before Hate Crime Laws; Arguments for Having Hate Crime Laws; The Birth of Hate Crimes; Hate Crime Laws Today; Hate Speech; Conclusion; Discussion Questions; Internet Exercises; Suggested Readings; 2. The Hate Debate: Constitutional and Policy Problems; Hate Crime Laws and the Constitution; Which Groups Should Be Protected?; Identifying and Prosecuting Hate Crimes; Paradoxical Effects of Hate Crime Laws; Conclusion; Discussion Questions; Internet Exercises; Suggested Readings; 3. |
| Contents | Committing Hate: Who and Why; The Offender Profile; The Psychology of Prejudice; What Makes a Bigot?; Bullying; Hate Crime and Terrorism; Why Do People Join Organized Hate Groups?; Conclusion; Discussion Questions; Internet Exercises; Suggested Readings; 4. Organized Hate; What Is a Hate Group?; Hate Group Typologies; Major American Hate Groups; Hate Group Ideologies; Hate Group Recruitment and Defection; Hate Group Activities; Women in Organized Hate; Conclusion; Discussion Questions; Internet Exercises; Suggested Readings; 5. |
| Contents | Hate Crime Victims; Problems in Identifying Hate Crime Victims; Official Hate Crime Data; Advocacy Group Data; Hate Crimes Against African Americans; Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes; Hate Crimes Against LGBT People; Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes; Other Victims; Conclusion; Discussion Questions; Internet Exercises; Suggested Readings; 6. Fighting Hate; The Psychology of Reducing Prejudice; Antihate Groups; Government Initiatives for Fighting Hate; Other Antihate Approaches; Dealing With Hate Crime Offenders; Assessing Efforts to Fight Hate; Conclusion; Discussion Questions; Internet Exercises; Suggested Readings; 7. |
| General note | Previous edition issued in print: 2013. |
| Source of description | CIP data; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version : 9781452256627 |
| ISBN | 9781506377179 (ePub ebook) |
| ISBN | 1506377173 (ePub ebook) |
| Stock number | 9781506377179 Ingram Content Group |