Jack Levin, Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict, Northeastern University, Jim Nolan, West Virginia University.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Fourth edition.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Lanham, Maryland :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Rowman & Littlefield,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2017]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 228 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Revised edition of The violence of hate, 2011.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Perspectives on hate and violence -- Hate, prejudice, and discrimination -- From individual to institutional discrimination -- Is hate on the decline? -- Unconscious bias -- 2. Explaining the violence of hate -- Environment, heredity, and the power of the situation -- Hate crimes against Muslims -- Hate crimes against immigrants -- The new Anti-Semitism -- A continuing racial gap -- The Obama factor -- Bashing gays and lesbians -- Hate crimes against women -- 3. Hate crimes -- Motive matters -- The Hate Crime Statistics Act -- Pros and cons of hate crime laws -- Hate crime laws today -- Federal Civil Rights statutes -- The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act -- Hate crime laws and the Constitution -- Policing hatred -- Explaining bias in policing -- Policing hate crimes -- Hate crimes in Europe -- Sexual orientation and gender identity violence -- 4. A typology of hate -- Hatemongers -- Biblical bigotry -- The Militia Movement and white supremacy -- Dabblers -- Sympathizers -- Spectators -- Failure to act -- Middleman minorities in the United States -- 5. The benefits of bigotry -- Protest by proxy -- Psychological advantages -- Self-esteem -- Political power -- 6. The production of rebels, deviants, and other decent people -- The power of the situation -- Intergroup contact -- Follow the leader -- The impact of deviance -- Human agency : the ability to create "good" situations --Appendix A. Anti-hate websites -- Appendix B. Division E : Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The Violence of Hate, Fourth Edition presents a systematic introduction to issues related to the sociology and social psychology of hate and violence as they target people who are different in socially significant ways. It offers an integrated perspective on the causes and consequences of hate-motivated violence and the reasons we have not always been effective in stopping it. Not only do the authors address the experiences of racial, ethnic, and religious groups under attack, but also those who are victimized because of their sexual orientation, gender, gender-identity, age, or disability status. In addition, they include a chapter dedicated solely to the exploration of hate crimes, an evolving legal concept and public policy domain, as well as a chapter in which they suggest approaches that may be effectively applied collectively to the reduction of hate violence. As in earlier versions of The Violence of Hate, Levin and Nolan take the position that support for hate-motivated violence originates not in the ranting and raving of a few bigoted extremists at the margins of society but in the tacit approval of ordinary, even decent, people who are located squarely in the mainstream.