Hate Crimes Revisited: America's War on Those Who Are Different

By Jack McDevitt and Jack Levin

Book Overview

Hate crimes-violence aimed at individuals because they are members of a particular group-were once considered the rare illegal actions of a small but vocal assortment of extremists who thrived on hating minorities. No more. In this new book by two of the country's leading experts on hate crimes, published ten years after their classic book of the same name, these most-recognized authorities and media commentators reinterpret this scourge of our generation-hatred based on race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, and even citizenship. In the aftermath of the worst act of terrorism in this country's history-the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001-the authors probe the causes and characteristics of such acts of hatred and, most vitally, their consequences for all of us.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813339227
• ISBN13: 9780813339221
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Hate!

It's a picture look at hate crimes through mostly stories that really hold your attention, but no one can make demographics all that interesting. I had the pleasure of having Jack Levin as a professor. I read the entire book even though I'd get it a second time on PowerPoint the day after.