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Making Hate A Crime From Social Movement to Law Enforcement / Valerie Jenness and Ryken Grattet.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jenness, Valerie, 1963-
- Series:
- Rose series in sociology.
- American Sociological Association's Rose series in sociology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hate crimes.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 p.)
- Edition:
- First papercover edition.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russell Sage, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Violence motivated by racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny, and homophobia weaves a tragic pattern throughout American history.Fueled by recent high-profile cases, hate crimes have achieved an unprecedented visibility.
- Contents:
- Contents ; About the Authors ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Chapter 1. Introduction: The Hate Crime Agenda ; Chapter 2. The Emergence of an Anti-Hate-Crime Movement and the Construction of an Epidemic of Violence ; Chapter 3. Social Movement Mobilization, Categorization Processes, and Meaning Making in Federal Hate Crime Law ; Chapter 4. Diffusion Processes and the Evolution of State Hate Crime Law ; Chapter 5. Judicial Decision Making and the Changing Meaning of Hate Crime ; Chapter 6. Law Enforcement Responses: Policing and Prosecuting Hate Crime
- Chapter 7. Conclusion: Empirical Findings, Theoretical Interpretations, and Policy Implications Notes ; References ; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61044-314-4
- OCLC:
- 906809454
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