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In the name of hate : understanding hate crimes / Barbara Perry.
Van Pelt Library HV6773.52 .P47 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perry, Barbara, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hate crimes--United States.
- Hate crimes.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 276 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2001.
- Summary:
- Matthew Shephard, Billy Jack Gaither, Columbine, Jonesboro. This laundry list of hate is a frightening reminder that such crimes are a sad fact of life in the world today. In The Name of Hate is the first book to offer a comprehensive theory of hate crimes, arguing for an expansion of the legal definitions that most states in the US hold. Barbara Perry provides an historical understanding of hate crimes and provocatively argues that hate crimes are not an aberration of current society, rather they are a by-product of a society still grappling with inequality, difference, fear, and hate.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-272) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415927722
- 0415927730
- OCLC:
- 44868961
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