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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Main Author: Altschiller, Donald.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [1999]
Series:Contemporary world issues.
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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, "