Hate Crimes Revisited

Two leading experts on hate crime reassess the threat of violence based on difference--whether in sexual orientation, race, gender, ethnicity, or citizenship-- to help us better understand and ultimately prevent such acts from occuring in the future. Hate crimesviolence aimed at individuals because they are members of a particular groupwere once considered the rare illegal actions of a small but vocal assortment of extremists who thrived on hating minorities. No more. In this new book by two of the countrys leading experts on hate crimes, published ten years after their classic book of the same name, these most-recognized authorities and media commentators reinterpret this scourge of our generationhatred based on race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, and even citizenship. In the aftermath of the worst act of terrorism in this countrys historythe bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001the authors probe the causes and characteristics of such acts of hatred and, most vitally, their consequences for all of us.

ISBN 0813339227   Pages 288 ISBN13 9780813339221 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher The Perseus Books Group   Weight (grammes) 389 Imprint Westview Press Inc   Published in Boulder, CO Format Paperback   Height (mm) 229 Publication date 23 Aug 2002   Width (mm) 153 Library of Congress 2002007109   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY 364.150973   Academic level General, Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Acknowledgments
		Introduction: Hate Crimes Reconsidered		1
1		Reign of Terror: The Root of All Evil		9
2		Nasty Pictures in Our Heads: Beliefs, Stereotypes, and Learning to Hate		27
3		Hatred Is Hot: The Mixed Messages of Pop Culture		37
4		Resentment: Motivations Behind the Hate		49
5		For the Thrill of It: The Strong Preying on the Weak		67
6		Defending Against a Personal Threat: To Hate Is to Protect		77
7		Ridding the World of Evil: Hate as a Delusional Mission		91
8		Brotherhood of Bigotry: Organized Hatred Across the Country		99
9		Hate Goes to School: Still Alive and Well on Campus		115
10		Minority Against Minority: Pitched Battles of Hate		133
11		Hatred Around the World: Keeping Foreigners Out		143
12		Police Response: Training, Cultural Sensitivity, Internal Monitoring, and Taking a Hard Line Against Hate Crimes		155
13		Public Policy and the Law: How Hate Crimes are Prosecuted and Interpreted		171
14		Prevention: Stopping the Crimes and Offenders in Their Tracks		195
15		Community Response: Fighting Hate Crimes One Neighborhood at a Time		209
16		Revisiting Hate Crimes		219
		Notes		231
		Bibliography		249
		Index		255

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