Hate Crimes: A Reference Handbook

Donald Altschiller

ABC-CLIO, 2005 - Political Science - 247 pages

This second edition covers the alarming increase in hate crimes in the United States and abroad, and the legal, political, and educational efforts to combat intolerance and violence against minority group members.
Since the September 11 terrorist attacks there has been an increase in both the number of hate crimes and the amount of literature on the topic. The FBI issues an annual statistical listing of bias-related incidents and organizations and the Anti-Defamation League, the Anti-Violence Project, and the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium publish comprehensive data on anti-Jewish, antigay, and anti-Asian hate-motivated crimes, respectively.

This thoroughly updated second edition contains considerable new and updated information on hate crimes. Narrative chapters report on the frequency and extent of these crimes and the history of related legislation. In addition to the extensive bibliography, there are lists of films, videotapes, and websites on the subject. The chronology chapter includes a list of major and lesser-known hate crimes, providing essential information to students and researchers wanting detailed information on hate crimes.
- Includes a manual for high school administrators and teachers on how to combat hate crimes committed against gay students

- Provides a directory of organizations that try to promote tolerance and cultural diversity by gathering facts, analyzing statistics, and disseminating information on hate crimes

About the author

Donald Altschiller is a librarian at Mugar Memorial Library at Boston University, Boston, MA. He is a contributor to ABC-CLIO's Conspiracy Theories in American History and The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Hate Crimes: A Reference Handbook; Contemporary world issues; EBSCOhost eBook Collection
• Author: Donald Altschiller
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2005
• ISBN: 1851096248, 9781851096244
• Length: 247 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / General; Social Science / Criminology; Social Science / Discrimination; Social Science / Gender Studies; Social Science / Violence in Society