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Hate Crimes

Criminal Law and Identity Politics

Hate Crimes( )
Author: Jacobs, James B.
Potter, Kimberly
Series title:Studies in Crime and Public Policy Ser.
ISBN:978-0-19-511448-5
Publication Date:May 1998
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $200.00
Book Description:

This book is an in-depth critique of the USA's dominant political and legal response to "hate crime". The authors show how the media and politicians have constructed a hate crime epidemic without any solid evidence to support it. They argue that hate crime laws make no sense from a law enforcement or criminal justice standpoint, but are only comprehensible as symbolic politics. The well-intentioned effort to denounce prejudice motivated crime may end up dividing the community rather...
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Book Details
Pages:222
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Discrimination
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.318 x 9.399 x 0.858 Inches
Book Weight:1.142 Pounds



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