Description
This text explores two forms of hate and prejudice — racism in contemporary American society and the historical occurrence of anti-Semitism — under a single conceptual framework.
Jack Levin, is a well-known scholar, author, and lecturer on the subject of hate crimes. In this book he shows how support for both racism and anti-Semitism can be conceptualized as occurring among four groups: hatemongers, dabblers, sympathizers, and spectators. Levin argues that hate and prejudice continue at a very dangerous level in our society, and that hate typically emanates not from the ranting and raving of a few people at the margins of society, but from ordinary people in the mainstream.
Jim Nolan , new to this edition, is an Associate Professor at West Virginia University, and a former FBI agent, specializing in hate crimes and prejudice.
Table of Contents
IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1 Perspectives on Hate and Violence
Chapter 2 Hate Crimes
Chapter 3 A Typology of Hate
Chapter 4 The Benefits of Bigotry
Chapter 5 The Production of Rebels, Deviants, and Other Decent People
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1 Perspectives on Hate and Violence
Hate, Prejudice, and Discrimination
Hate as a Justification for Violence
Is Hate on the Decline?
Is the Significance of Hate on the Decline?
Chapter 2 Hate Crimes
Motive Matters
The Hate Crime Statistics Act
Why Now?
Pros and Cons of Hate Crime Laws
Hate Crime Laws Today
Policing Hate Crimes
Hate Crimes in Europe
Chapter 3 A Typology of Hate
Hatemongers
Dabblers
Sympathizers
Spectators
Chapter 4 The Benefits of Bigotry
Protest by Proxy
Psychological Advantages
Economic and Status Advantages
Chapter 5 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
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Violence of Hate, The: Confronting Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Other Forms of Bigotry, CourseSmart eTextbook, 3rd Edition
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