Contemporary world issues: Hate Crimes A Reference Handbook

✍ Scribed by Donald Altschiller

• Publisher: Abc-Clio
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Magazine

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 16
Introduction......Page 22
History of Hate Crimes Legislation......Page 24
Civil Rights Act of 1968......Page 26
Federal Explosives Statute......Page 27
Hate Crimes Statistics Act......Page 28
Violence against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA)......Page 31
Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996......Page 32
U.S. Armed Forces and Hate Crime Prevention......Page 34
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act......Page 35
Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007......Page 37
Executive Branch......Page 39
Apprendi v. New Jersey......Page 42
Barclay v. Florida......Page 43
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul......Page 44
Wisconsin v. Mitchell......Page 45
Hate Crimes Legislation at the State Level......Page 49
Conclusion......Page 51
References......Page 52
Criticism and Defense of Hate Crime Laws......Page 56
Methodology......Page 59
Bias Crimes and Violence before Hate Crime Laws......Page 63
Hate Crimes against Selected Groups: A Recent Overview......Page 64
African Americans......Page 65
Asian Americans......Page 70
Violence against Sikhs......Page 73
Americans with Disabilities......Page 77
Jewish Americans......Page 78
Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgendered People (LGBT)......Page 84
Arab and Muslim Americans......Page 95
Native Americans......Page 103
Conclusion......Page 104
References......Page 108
3 Perspectives......Page 116
Punish Crime, Not Thought Crime: Jeff Jacoby......Page 117
References......Page 121
The Law vs. Violent Bigotry: The Case for Strong Hate Crime Laws in the United States: Michael Lieberman......Page 122
Punishing Bias-Motivated Violence: The Policy Frame for Hate-Crime Laws......Page 123
The Constitutional Frame for Hate-Crime Laws: First Amendment Protections......Page 125
Expanding Federal Hate-Crime Protection: The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA)......Page 126
Contemporary Anti-Semitism in American Higher Education: Kenneth L. Marcus......Page 127
References......Page 130
Anti-Hispanic Immigrant Hate Crimes: Michele Stacey, Kristin Carbone-Lopez, and Richard Rosenfeld......Page 131
References......Page 134
Hate Crimes against Sikh Americans: Simran Jeet Singh......Page 136
Hate Crimes and the LGBT Community: Michael Bronski......Page 139
Hate Crime Hoaxes on College and University Campuses: Ashley Thorne......Page 144
References......Page 149
Zainab Al-Suwaij (1971–)......Page 154
Chip Berlet (1949–)......Page 155
Heidi Beirich (1967–)......Page 156
Kathleen M. Blee (1953–)......Page 157
Floyd Cochran (1956–)......Page 158
Rabbi Abraham Cooper (1950–)......Page 159
Morris S. Dees (1936–)......Page 160
Steven Emerson (1954–)......Page 161
Mark S. Hamm......Page 162
Gregory Herek (1954–)......Page 163
Paul Iganski......Page 164
Valerie Jenness (1963–)......Page 165
Jack Levin (1941–)......Page 166
Michael Lieberman......Page 167
Kenneth L. Marcus (1966–)......Page 168
Karen K. Narasaki (1958–)......Page 169
Barbara Perry (1962–)......Page 170
Kenneth Stern (1953–)......Page 171
Lu-in Wang (1962–)......Page 172
Bill Wassmuth (1941–2001)......Page 173
American Islamic Congress (AIC)......Page 174
American Jewish Committee (AJC)......Page 176
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)......Page 177
Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict......Page 178
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)......Page 179
Committee against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV)......Page 180
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)......Page 181
Gonzaga University Institute for Hate Studies......Page 182
Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP)......Page 183
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCHR)......Page 184
Matthew Shepard Foundation......Page 185
National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC)......Page 186
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP)......Page 187
New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project (AVP)......Page 188
Not in Our Town (NIOT)......Page 189
Police Executive Research Foundation (PERF)......Page 190
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)......Page 191
Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism......Page 192
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights......Page 193
Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism......Page 194
5 Data and Documents......Page 196
Hate Crime Overview......Page 197
Investigation of Hate Crimes Model Policy......Page 201
Hate on the Internet......Page 210
Hate Violence in 2013......Page 223
Vulnerable to Hate: A Survey of Hate Crimes Committed against Homeless People in 2013......Page 241
Kennedy Introduces the Hate Crimes Amendment......Page 244
Obama on the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act......Page 248
Federal Hate Crimes Laws......Page 251
Books......Page 260
Articles......Page 278
U.S. Government Documents and Reports......Page 298
Nonprint Resources......Page 312
Antibias Videos......Page 319
7 Chronology......Page 322
Glossary......Page 372
Index......Page 376
About the Author......Page 392