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  Title

  Hate crimes

  Author

  Connors, Paul G.  

  Publisher:

  Greenhaven Press,

  Pub date:

  c2007.

  Pages:

  233 p. :

  ISBN:

  0737722088

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    HV6773.5 .H38 2007	1	Reference Book	Contemporary Issues

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  ISBN:

  0737722088 (lib. : alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  9780737722086 (lib. : alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  0737722096 (pbk. : alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  9780737722093 (pbk. : alk. paper)

  029:

  QBX a 06022919

  029:

  YDXCP 2526335

  029:

  YDXCP 2526334

  029:

  AU@ 000040521357

  Title:

  Hate crimes / Paul Connors, book editor.

  Publication info:

  Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2007.

  Physical description:

  233 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

  Series Statement:

  (Current controversies)

  Contents:

  1. Are hate crimes a serious problem? -- Hate crimes are a serious problem in Europe and North America / Michael McClintock -- Hate crimes against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgendered people are escalating / National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs -- Hate crimes against Muslims continue to rise / Council on American-Islamic Relations -- Hate crimes against the homeless are increasing / Michael Stoops -- Homosexual advocacy groups inflate the number of antigay hate crimes / Leah Farish -- Reports of hate crimes against Muslims are overblown / David Skinner -- Feminists exaggerate the extent of violence against women / Phyllis Schlafly.

  Contents:

  2. Are hate crime laws necessary? -- Hate crimes must be punished more harshly than other crimes / Frederick M. Lawrence -- Hate crime laws are needed to protect children / Jan Ireland -- Hate crime laws protect the disabled / Brian T. McMahon ... [et al.] -- Hate crime laws may hurt minorities / Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld -- Hate crime laws are unconstitutional / Susan B. Gellman -- Federal hate crime laws will not reduce violence / Jeff Miller -- Hate crime laws create a double standard / Jeff Jacoby.

  Contents:

  3. Should hate speech be restricted? -- The majority of Americans support campus hate speech codes / Jon B. Gould -- Schools must not use American Indian mascots, logos, and nicknames / Cornel D. Pewewardy -- Europe must ban Internet hate speech / Michel Barnier -- Campus hate speech codes should eliminated / Harvey Silverglate, Greg Lukianoff -- The use of American Indian mascots and team names should not be banned / Kenneth L. Woodward -- Restricting Internet hate speech is impossible / Geoffrey Nunberg -- European efforts to restrict hate speech are totalitarian / Sandy Starr.

  Contents:

  4. How can hate groups be stopped? -- Schools can prevent hate crimes / Debra C. Cobia, Jamie S. Carney -- Communities can stop hate groups / Southern Poverty Law Center -- Understanding the psychology of hate groups can help society stop their growth / Linda M. Woolf, Michael R. Hulsizer -- The United States should support Great Britain's crackdown on hate groups / Nile Gardiner -- Organizations to contact.

  Summary:

  Essays discuss the seriousness of hate crimes, the necessity of hate crimes laws, whether or not hate speech should be restricted, and how hate crimes can be stopped.

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  TODD

  Subject term:

  Hate crimes.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Connors, Paul G.

  HTTP:

  http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0617/2006022919.html

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