https://tandis.odihr.pl/handle/20.500.12389/20856
Title: | The consequences of hate crime |
Authors: | Perry, Barbara Iganski, Paul |
Subject Keywords: | racism and xenophobia ; hate crime ; prejudice |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
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https://tandis.odihr.pl/handle/20.500.12389/20856
Title: | The consequences of hate crime |
Authors: | Perry, Barbara Iganski, Paul |
Subject Keywords: | racism and xenophobia ; hate crime ; prejudice |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
Key Issues: | Hate crime ; Homophobia |
Publisher: | Praeger |
Publication Country: | United States |
Publication Place : | Westport |
Format: | book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Hate crimes |
Volume: | 2 |
Country Coverage: | United States United Kingdom Sweden |
URL more information: | http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C9569.aspx |
Abstract: | Publisher's description: The twentieth century appeared to close much as it had opened - with sprees of violence directed against the Other. The murder of Matthew Shepard, the lynching of James Byrd, the murderous rampage of Benjamin Smith, and post-9/11 anti-Muslim violence all stand as reminders that the bigotry that kills is much more than an unfortunate chapter in U.S. history. Racial, gender, ethnic and religious violence persist. This riveting new set focused on hate crimes comes at a time when such acts are still not uncommon. The topic, then, remains relevant despite outcries for an end to such violence. It covers a wide variety of hate crimes, the consequences for both victims and perpetrators and their communities, efforts to combat hate crime, and other aspects of these ugly offenses that affect everyone. Rather than an individual crime, hate crime is, in fact, an assault against all members of stigmatized and marginalized communities. With respect to hate crime, at least, history does repeat itself as similar patterns of motivation, sentiment and victimization recur over time. Just as immigrants in the 1890s were subject to institutional and public forms of discrimination and violence, so too were those of the 1990s; likewise, former black slaves risked the wrath of the KKK when they exercised their newfound rights after the Civil War, just as their descendants risked violent reprisal for their efforts to win and exercise additional rights and freedoms in the civil rights era. While the politics of difference that underlie these periods of animosity may lie latent for short periods of time, they nonetheless seem to remain on the simmer, ready to resurface whenever a new threat is perceived - when immigration levels increase, or when relationships between groups shift for other political, economic, or cultural reasons, or in the aftermath of attacks like those on 9/11. Yet, understanding the scope of hate crimes is impossible without examining the victims, the offenders, the consequences and harms of hate crimes, and the actual definitions of just what hate crime is. This comprehensive five-volume set addresses these areas in careful analyses that take into account the variety and incidence of hate crimes and the impact they have on the broader realm of crime, punishment, communities, society, and the security of a pluralistic society that seeks to remain peaceful even in the face of change. This set includes attention to cutting edge topics such as hate crime in the internet age, hate rock, anti-Latino hostilities, Islamaphobia, hate crimes in the War on Terror, school-based anti-hate initiatives, victim services and counseling, and more. |
Internal Notes: | Praeger perspectives |
Physical Description: | 202 p. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12389/20856 |
ISBN: | 0275995690 (set) 9780275995737 (vol. 2) |
Appears in Collections: | Resources on hate crime Documents |
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