E-book
Hate crimes a reference handbook
Record details
- ISBN: 9781851096299 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 1851096299 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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Physical Description:
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electronic resource
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xi, 247 p. ; 24 cm. - Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2005.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-229) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : History of hate crimes legislation. Hate Crimes Statistics Act ; Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement Act ; Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) ; Church Arson Prevention Act (18 U.S. code 247) ; Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act ; Executive branch ; U.S. Supreme Court decisions ; Hate crimes legislation at the state level ; Critics of hate crime laws ; Recent hate crimes ; Some major targeted groups. African Americans ; Asian Americans ; Jewish Americans ; Gay men, lesbians, and transgendered people ; Arab Americans and Muslim Americans -- Hate crimes around the world: Gays and lesbians ; Jews -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches: Zainab Al-Suwaij (1971- ) ; Chip Berlet (1949- ) ; Kathleen M. Blee (1953- ) ; Floyd Cochran (1956- ) ; Rabbi Abraham Cooper (1950- ) ; Morris S. Dees (1936- ) ; Steven Emerson (1954- ) ; Gregory Herek (1954- ) ; James B. Jacobs (1947- ) ; Valerie Jenness (1963- ) ; Brian Levin (1963- ) ; Jack Levin (1941- ) ; Daniel Levitas (1960- ) ; Mark Potok (1955- ) ; Kenneth Stern (1953- ) ; Lu-in Wang (1962- ) ; Bill Wassmuth (1941-2001) -- Documents and reports : Statistics on hate crimes ; Training law enforcement to combat hate crimes ; Hate crimes on campus : a growing problem ; Additional methods of combating campus hate crimes ; The growing problem of hate on the Web -- Directory of organizations -- Print resources -- Nonprint resources. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2008. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 730 KB). |
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| Subject: | Hate crimes -- United States Crimes haineux -- États-Unis |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
