Hate crimes a reference handbook
Title:
Hate crimes a reference handbook
Author:
Altschiller, Donald.
ISBN:
9781851096299
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 247 p.)
Series:
Contemporary world issues
Contemporary world issues.
Contents:
Introduction: History of hate crimes legislation ; 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 ; References -- Hate crimes around the world: Gays and lesbians ; Jews ; References -- 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 ; The growing problem of hate on the web -- Directory of organizations -- Print resources -- Nonprint resources.
Abstract:
Offers a historical look at the targets of hate crimes in America, offers a chronology of some crimes committed against them, and includes a look at individuals who are combating violent extremist activities.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
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