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Policing hatred : law enforcement, civil rights, and hate crime /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bell, Jeannine, 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2002]
Series:Critical America.
Subjects:
Hate crimes > United States.
Criminal law > United States > Decision making.
Police > United States > Decision making.
Civil rights > United States.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The framework of police decision-making in hate crime cases
  • Integration and hate crime: the institutionalization of civil rights laws
  • Investigation: detectives and the making of hate crime
  • The difficulty of hate crime investigation
  • Public culture and hate crime
  • The decision to seek charges
  • Prosecutors and the courts
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Research methodology: a peek behind the curtain.