Punishing Hate: Bias Crimes under American LawHarvard University Press, 2009 M07 1 - 285 páginas Bias crimes are a scourge on our society. Is there a more terrifying image in the mind's eye than that of the burning cross? Punishing Hate examines the nature of bias-motivated violence and provides a foundation for understanding bias crimes and their treatment under the U.S. legal system. |
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... Rodney King was kicked and beaten by three officers of the Los Angeles Police Department while more than a dozen others looked on. Not since the police attacks on civil rights workers in the South during the 1960s had the nation's ...
... Rodney King who were initially acquitted on Cali- fornia state charges. Ordinarily, crimes of violence are left to state and local authorities for criminal prosecution. I trace the evolution of federal law enforcement's developing role ...
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2 How Are Bias Crimes Different? | 29 |
3 Why Are Bias Crimes Worse? | 45 |
4 Who Is Guilty of a Bias Crime? | 64 |
5 Are Bias Crime Laws Constitutional? | 80 |
6 What Is the Federal Role in Prosecuting Bias Crimes? | 110 |
7 Why Punish Hate? | 161 |
Appendixes | 177 |
Notes | 205 |
Bibliographical Essay | 253 |
Acknowledgments | 261 |
Index | 265 |