Hate crimes, new social movements and the politics of violence, Valerie Jenness and Kendal Broad
Type
Label
Hate crimes, new social movements and the politics of violence, Valerie Jenness and Kendal Broad
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-207) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Hate crimes
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
36543408
Responsibility statement
Valerie Jenness and Kendal Broad
Series statement
Social problems and social issues
Sub title
new social movements and the politics of violence
Summary
"This book addresses a timely set of questions about the politics and dynamics of intergroup violence manifest as discrimination. It explores such issues as why injuries against some groups of people - Jews, people of color, gays and lesbians, and, on occasion, women, and those with disabilities - have increasingly captured notice, while similar acts of bias-motivated violence continue to go unnoticed? It also contributes to the discourse of criminology by considering how "legal mobilization" has brought about whole new categories of statutory criminal conduct. The authors offer empirically grounded, theoretically informed answers to a fundamental sociological question: How is social change on this order possible?"--Jacket