Hate crimes : a reference handbook / Donald Altschiller.
Offers a historical look at the targets of hate crimes in America, offers a chronology of some crimes committed against them, and includes a look at individuals who are combating violent extremist activities.
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ABC-CLIO,
[1999]
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Table of Contents:
- History of Hate Crimes Legislation
- Hate Crimes Statistics Act
- Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement Act
- Violence against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA)
- Church Arson Prevention Act (18 U.S. Code 247)
- Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act
- Executive Branch
- U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
- Hate Crimes Legislation at the State Level
- Critics of Hate Crime Laws
- Recent Hate Crimes
- Some Major Targeted Groups
- African Americans
- Asian Americans
- Jewish Americans
- Gay Men, Lesbians, and Transgendered People
- Arab Americans and Muslim Americans
- Hate Crimes around the World
- Gays and Lesbians
- Jews
- Zainab Al-Suwaij (1971- )
- Chip Berlet (1949- )
- Kathleen M. Blee (1953- )
- Floyd Cochran (1956- )
- Rabbi Abraham Cooper (1950- )
- Morris S. Dees (1936- )
- Steven Emerson (1954- )
- Gregory Herek (1954- )
- James B. Jacobs (1947- )
- Valerie Jenness (1963- )
- Brian Levin (1963- )
- Jack Levin (1941- )
- Daniel Levitas (1960- )
- Mark Potok (1955- )
- Kenneth Stern (1953- )
- Lu-in Wang (1962- )
- Bill Wassmuth (1941-2001)
- Documents and Reports
- Statistics on Hate Crimes
- "Incidents and Offenses,"
- Training Law Enforcement to Combat Hate Crimes
- "Responding to Hate Crimes: A Police Officer's Guide to Investigation and Prevention,"
- Hate Crimes on Campus: A Growing Problem
- "Responding to Hate Crimes and Bias-Motivated Incidents on College/University Campuses,"
- Additional Methods of Combating Campus Hate Crimes
- "Hate Crimes on Campus: The Problem and Efforts to Confront It, "