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The Fourth Edition of Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, and Controversies takes a multidisciplinary approach that allows students to explore a broad scope of hate crimes. Drawing on recent developments, topics, and current research, this book examines the issues that foster hate crimes while demonstrating how these criminal acts impact individuals, as well as communities. Students are introduced to the issue through first-person vignettes–offering a more personalized account of both victims and perpetrators of hate crimes. Packed with the latest court cases, research, and statistics from a variety of scholarly sources, the Fourth Edition is one of the most comprehensive and accessible textbooks in the field.
Committing Hate : Who and Why
Committing Hate : Who and Why
What images come to your mind when you read the words hate crimes? Red-necked, white-robed men burning crosses? Gangs of skinheads attacking people of color? Swastika-bedecked neo-Nazis toting copies of Mein Kampf and shouting “Sieg Heil!”? All these are part of the reality of bias in America. The truth, however, is that they make up only a small part of the hate crimes that occur. Contrary to popular notions, most hate crimes are not committed by members of organized white supremacist groups (J. Levin, 2002; Levin & McDevitt, 1993; Ryan & Leeson, 2011). Most, in fact, are committed by people very similar to those you might see sitting in almost any high school or ...
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