Summary Discussion and Recommendations

Future policy development should incorporate a multifaceted approach to reduce hate crime offending. This includes targeting potential thrill-seeking youths, institutional bias, and prejudice in society. Public service denouncements of hate via the media

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Frank S. Pezzella

Hate Crime Statutes A Public Policy and Law Enforcement Dilemma 123

SpringerBriefs in Criminology Policing

Series editor M.R. Haberfeld City University of New York John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY, USA

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Frank S. Pezzella

Hate Crime Statutes A Public Policy and Law Enforcement Dilemma

123

Frank S. Pezzella Department of Criminal Justice John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY USA

ISSN 2192-8533 SpringerBriefs in Criminology ISSN 2194-6213 SpringerBriefs in Policing ISBN 978-3-319-40840-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40842-2

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Contents

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Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Historic and Contemporary Hate Crime Statutes The Emotion of Hate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Problem of Defining Hate Crimes . . . . . . . The Putative Message from Hate Offenders. . . . The Extent of the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victim Under Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The Legacy of Hate Crimes in American History. American Lynching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Birth and Rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan . . . . . . Anti-semitism and Holocaust Denial. . . . . . . . . . . . Gay and Lesbian Bashing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .