Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ475231
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Should Hate Be a Crime?
Jacobs, James B.
Public Interest, n113 p3-14 Fall 1993
Explores issues surrounding hate crime legislation and prosecution, with emphasis on motivation and first amendment issues. Hate crime legislation attempts to import the civil rights model into criminal law, but the very existence of the hate crime label raises social and political stakes in intergroup crimes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Criminal Law, Ethnic Relations, Federal Legislation, Hate Crime, Motivation, Political Influences, Racial Bias, Racial Factors, Racial Relations, Religious Cultural Groups, Social Problems, Victimization, Violence, Whites
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: First Amendment
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