Hate Crimes : Summary of Selected Proposals and Congressional Authority.
Surveys Congressional proposals for hate crime legislation to establish new classes of Federal offenses involving crimes motivated by certain victim characteristics, based on Congressional legislative powers under the Constitution and the commerce clause, and considers the anticipated role of the De...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Summary: | Surveys Congressional proposals for hate crime legislation to establish new classes of Federal offenses involving crimes motivated by certain victim characteristics, based on Congressional legislative powers under the Constitution and the commerce clause, and considers the anticipated role of the Department of Justice. Provides text of proposed hate crime offenses, various Federal criminal civil rights laws, as well as a summary of various State hate crime statutes. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |