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Valerie Jenness and Ryken Grattet, Making Hate a Crime: From Social Movement to Law Enforcement Practice (2001), is an analysis of hate-crime policy in the United States. A critique of hate-crime laws is provided in James B. Jacobs and Kimberly Potter, Criminal Law & Identity Politics (1998, reissued 2001). Leading researchers in the field give their views on the topic “Hate Crimes and Ethnic Conflict: A Comparative Perspective” in a special issue of American Behavioral Scientist, 45(4):571–755 (December 2001).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: ASU Center for Problem-Oriented Policing - Hate Crimes. | Apr 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Crime Museum - Hate Crime. | Feb 12, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 05, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Crime Prevention Council - Hate Crime. | Apr 16, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Lectric Law Library - Hate Crime. | Apr 16, 2013 | ||
| Article updated to mention Pres. Obama signing into law the 2009 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, expanding federal hate-crimes law to include those motivated by disability, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation. | Oct 28, 2009 | ||
| New article added. | Jan 15, 2004 |
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