Criminal Law and Identity Politics
by
James B. Jacobs, Kimberly Potter
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2000
In the early 1980s, a new category of crime appeared in the criminal law lexicon. In response to concerted advocacy-group lobbying, Congress and many state legislatures passed a wave of "hate crime" laws requiring the collection of statistics on, and enhancing the punishment for, crimes motivated...