Policing Hatred: Law Enforcement, Civil Rights, and Hate Crime
POLICING HATRED: LAW ENFORCEMENT, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND HATE CRIME (New York University Press, 2002)
Posted: 11 Jul 2013
Date Written: 2002
Abstract
Policing Hatred explores the intersection of race and law in the controversial area of hate crime. An in-depth ethnographic portrait of how hate crime law works in practice, Policing Hatred exposes the power of the police to influence the social and legal environment as they determine whether an incident will be charged as a bias crime.
Drawing on her unprecedented access to a police hate crime unit, Bell’s work brings to life the stories of female, Black, Latino, and Asian American detectives, in addition to those of their white male counterparts. Policing Hatred explores the impact of victims’ identity on the officers’ handling of bias crimes and their approaches to defendants’ First Amendment rights.
Keywords: hate crime, race, police power, bias crime
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