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Informationen zum Autor Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld has a BA in psychology from Reed College, an MA and a PhD in psychology from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and a JD from the University of Nebraska. She is a professor and chair of Criminal Justice at California State University, Stanislaus, where she has taught a class on hate crimes since 1994. In addition to hate crimes, her research interests include juvenile justice, capital punishment, and psychology and law. Diana R. Grant is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Administration at Sonoma State University. She received her Ph.D. in Social Ecology from the University of California, Irvine. Her research interests focus on the social psychology of legal processes and legal decision making. Klappentext Crimes of Hate: Selected Readings is the first comprehensive reader to offer an up-to-date, multidisciplinary examination of hate crimes. Editors Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld and Diana R. Grant include articles from a variety of disciplines, including criminal justice, criminology, sociology, psychology, and political science. With introductions, discussion questions, and resource lists, this unique anthology combines the most current research on hate crimes with accessible articles from scholarly and legal journals in a single, easily understood format.Developed as a companion to Gerstenfeld's Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, and Controversies, this innovative reader will provoke thought and discussion in undergraduate and graduate students in criminology, criminal justice, and sociology courses. Zusammenfassung Crimes of Hate: Selected Readings is the first comprehensive reader to offer an up-to-date! multidisciplinary examination of hate crimes. With introductions! discussion questions! and resource lists! this unique anthology combines the most current research on hate crimes with accessible articles from scholarly and legal journals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION 1. Connecting the Past to the Future: Hate Crime in America - C. Petrosino SECTION TWO: HATE CRIME LAWS 2. The Birth and Maturation of Hate Crime Policy in the United States - R. Grattet and V. Jenness 3. Consequences for Victims: A Comparison of Bias- and Non-bias-Motivated Assaults - J. McDevitt, J. Balboni, L. Garcia, and J. Gu 4. Retaliation, Fear, or Rage: An Investigation of African American and White Reactions to Racist Hate Crimes - K. M. Craig 5. R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, 505 U.S. 377 SECTION THREE: POLICY PROBLEMS 6. Wisconsin v. Mitchell, 508 U.S. 476 7. Good Intentions: The Enforcement of Hate Crime Penalty-Enhancement Statutes - K. Franklin 8. An Analysis of Factors that Affect Law Enforcement Participation in Hate Crime Reporting - J. J. Nolan, and Y. Akiyama SECTION FOUR: HATE CRIME OFFENDERS 9. Hate Crime Offenders: An Expanded Typology - J. McDevitt, J. Levin, and S. Bennett 10. Bias Crime Motivation: A Study of Hate Crime and Offender Neutralization Techniques Used Against The Amish - B. D. Byers, B. W. Crider, and G. K. Biggers 11. Why Can¿t We Just Get Along? Interpersonal Biases and Interracial Distrust - J. F. Dovidio, S. L. Gaertner, K. Kawakami, and G. Hodson 12. Hate Online: A Content Analysis of Extremist Internet Sites - P. B. Gerstenfeld, D. R. Grant, and C. Chiang 13. Hate Crime and Everyday Discrimination: Influences of and on The Social Context - L. Wang SECTION FIVE: ORGANIZED HATE GROUPS 14. An Ethnographer Looks at Neo-Nazi and Klan Groups: The Racist Mind Revisited - R. S. Ezekiel 15. History as a Weapon: How Extremists Deny the Holocaust in North America - B. Levin 16. White Boys to Terrorist Men: Target Recruitment of Nazi Skinheads - R. Blazak SECTION SIX: HATE CRIME VICTIMS 17. Hate Crimes Against African Americans: The Extent of the Problem - S. Torres<...
