Hate Crimes - Criminal Law and Identity Politics

Zusatztext "An important work which draws our attention to a serious issue....This book could make a vital resource for elected officials who may want to take a critical look at attempts to reform hate crime laws."--National Catholic Register Informationen zum Autor James B. Jacobs, Director of New York University's Center for Research in Crime and Justice, is Professor of Law at the NYU School of Law. Kimberly Potter, formerly a Senior Research Fellow at NYU's Center for Research in Crime and Justice, is now in private law practice in Bronxville, NY. Klappentext In the early 1980s, a new category of crime appeared in the criminal law lexicon. In response to concerted advocacy-group lobbying, Congress and many state legislatures passed a wave of "hate crime" laws requiring the collection of statistics on, and enhancing the punishment for, crimes motivated by certain prejudices. This book places the evolution of the hate crime concept in socio-legal perspective. Zusammenfassung 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: James B. Jacobs, James B. (Director Jacobs, James B. Potter Jacobs, Jacobs James B., Kimberly Potter, Kimberly (Private practitioner Potter, Potter Kimberly
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2000
• EAN: 9780195140545
• ISBN: 978-0-19-514054-5
• Pagine: 222
• Serie: Studies in Crime and Public Policy; Studies in Crime and Public Po; Studies in Crime and Public Policy
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto penale, diritto processuale penale, criminologia; USA, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Criminal law & procedure, United States of America, USA, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law