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Hate Crimes
Causes, Controls, and Controversies

Fourth Edition


June 2017 | 440 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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.

 
Preface
 
Second Edition Preface
 
Third Edition Preface
 
Fourth Edition Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
1. The Whys and Hows of Hate Crime Laws
Overview of This Book

 
Goals of This Book

 
Punishing Hate Before Hate Crime Laws

 
Arguments for Having Hate Crime Laws

 
The Birth of Hate Crimes

 
Hate Crime Laws Today

 
Hate Speech

 
Conclusion

 
Discussion Questions

 
Internet Exercises

 
Suggested Readings

 
 
2. The Hate Debate: Constitutional and Policy Problems
Hate Crime Laws and the Constitution

 
Which Groups Should Be Protected?

 
Identifying and Prosecuting Hate Crimes

 
Paradoxical Effects of Hate Crime Laws

 
Conclusion

 
Discussion Questions

 
Internet Exercises

 
Suggested Readings

 
 
3. Committing Hate: Who and Why
The Offender Profile

 
The Psychology of Prejudice

 
What Makes a Bigot?

 
Bullying

 
Hate Crime and Terrorism

 
Why Do People Join Organized Hate Groups?

 
Conclusion

 
Discussion Questions

 
Internet Exercises

 
Suggested Readings

 
 
4. Organized Hate
What Is a Hate Group?

 
Hate Group Typologies

 
Major American Hate Groups

 
Hate Group Ideologies

 
Hate Group Recruitment and Defection

 
Hate Group Activities

 
Women in Organized Hate

 
Conclusion

 
Discussion Questions

 
Internet Exercises

 
Suggested Readings

 
 
5. Hate Crime Victims
Problems in Identifying Hate Crime Victims

 
Official Hate Crime Data

 
Advocacy Group Data

 
Hate Crimes Against African Americans

 
Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes

 
Hate Crimes Against LGBT People

 
Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes

 
Other Victims

 
Conclusion

 
Discussion Questions

 
Internet Exercises

 
Suggested Readings

 
 
6. Fighting Hate
The Psychology of Reducing Prejudice

 
Antihate Groups

 
Government Initiatives for Fighting Hate

 
Other Antihate Approaches

 
Dealing With Hate Crime Offenders

 
Assessing Efforts to Fight Hate

 
Conclusion

 
Discussion Questions

 
Internet Exercises

 
Suggested Readings

 
 
7. Global Hate: International Problems and Solutions
Distinguishing Hate Crimes From Other Events

 
The Narrow Study of Global Hate

 
The Rise of Nationalism and the Radical Right

 
Five Countries’ Approaches to Hate Crimes

 
A Global Hate Network

 
Policing Hate Across Borders

 
Conclusion

 
Discussion Questions

 
Internet Exercises

 
Suggested Readings

 
 
8. The Future of Hate
New Research

 
Better Data Collection

 
Law Enforcement Responses

 
Legislation

 
Globalized Hate

 
Fighting Hate

 
Conclusion

 
Discussion Questions

 
Internet Exercises

 
 
Appendix A: Selected International Hate Crime Laws
 
Appendix B: Selected Resources on Hate Crimes
 
Appendix C: Film Suggestions
 
References
 
Index
 
About the Author

I need access to the textbook. Can you mail a copy to me or give me access to an ecopy?

Dr David Taylor
Sociology/Criminology Dept, Hampton University
December 6, 2022

Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter 2

Chapter 3


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