Hate crimes : a reference handbook / Donald Altschiller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altschiller, Donald.

Series:

Contemporary world issues.

Contemporary world issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hate crimes--United States.

Hate crimes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 372 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the first two editions widely praised by reviewers, Hate Crimes: A Reference Handbook, Third Edition remains the most comprehensive reference source on bias-motivated violence committed in the United States. The book contains vital history on hate crime legislation, provides a detailed chronology of recent events, and offers the most up-to-date information on its prevalence and the affected religious, racial, and other targeted communities, such as Jewish Americans and Sikh Americans. Dozens of expert contributors-such as Kenneth L. Marcus, president and general counsel of the Louis D. B

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Background and History ; Introduction; History of Hate Crimes Legislation; Civil Rights Act of 1968; Interference with the Exercise of Religious Beliefs and Destruction of Religious Property; Federal Explosives Statute; Hate Crimes Statistics Act; Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement Act; Violence against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA); Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996; U.S. Armed Forces and Hate Crime Prevention; Campus Hate Crimes Right to Know Act of 1997; Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act

Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention ActEmmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007; Executive Branch; U.S. Supreme Court Decisions; Apprendi v. New Jersey; Barclay v. Florida; R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul; Wisconsin v. Mitchell; Hate Crimes Legislation at the State Level; Conclusion; References; 2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions ; Criticism and Defense of Hate Crime Laws; Methodology; Hate Crime Hoaxes; Bias Crimes and Violence before Hate Crime Laws; Hate Crimes against Selected Groups: A Recent Overview; African Americans; Asian Americans

Violence against SikhsAmericans with Disabilities; Jewish Americans; Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgendered People (LGBT); Arab and Muslim Americans; Native Americans; Conclusion; References; 3 Perspectives ; Punish Crime, Not Thought Crime: Jeff Jacoby; References; The Law vs. Violent Bigotry: The Case for Strong Hate Crime Laws in the United States: Michael Lieberman; Punishing Bias-Motivated Violence: The Policy Frame for Hate-Crime Laws; The Constitutional Frame for Hate-Crime Laws: First Amendment Protections

Expanding Federal Hate-Crime Protection: The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA)Contemporary Anti-Semitism in American Higher Education: Kenneth L. Marcus; References; Anti-Hispanic Immigrant Hate Crimes: Michele Stacey, Kristin Carbone-Lopez, and Richard Rosenfeld; References; Hate Crimes against Sikh Americans: Simran Jeet Singh; Hate Crimes and the LGBT Community: Michael Bronski; References; Hate Crime Hoaxes on College and University Campuses: Ashley Thorne; References; 4 Profiles ; People; Zainab Al-Suwaij (1971-); Chip Berlet (1949-)

Heidi Beirich (1967-)Kathleen M. Blee (1953-); Floyd Cochran (1956-); Rabbi Abraham Cooper (1950-); Morris S. Dees (1936-); Steven Emerson (1954-); Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld (1967-); Mark S. Hamm; Gregory Herek (1954-); Paul Iganski; James B. Jacobs (1947-); Valerie Jenness (1963-); Brian Levin (1963-); Jack Levin (1941-); Daniel Levitas (1960-); Michael Lieberman; Kenneth L. Marcus (1966-); Karen K. Narasaki (1958-); Barbara Perry (1962-); Mark Potok (1955-); Kenneth Stern (1953-); Lu-in Wang (1962-); Bill Wassmuth (1941-2001); Organizations; American Islamic Congress (AIC)

American Jewish Committee (AJC)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400661976

9798216094678

9781786844491

1786844494

9781610699471

1610699475

OCLC:

919720234