Making hate a crime from social movement to law enforcement ; [includes new preface by the authors] - Jenness, Valerie 1963- (Russell Sage Foundation, 2004)
"Includes new preface by the authors"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index
About the authors -- Preface -- Introduction: the hate crime agenda -- The emergence of an anti-hate-crime movement and the construction of an epidemic of violence -- Social movement mobilization, categorization processes, and meaning making in federal hate crime law -- Diffusion processes and the evolution of state hate crime law -- Judicial decision making and the changing meaning of hate crime -- Law enforcement responses: policing and prosecuting hate crime -- Conclusion: empirical findings, theoretical interpretations, and policy implications -- Notes -- References -- Index