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Definition

“Criminal acts motivated by hatred of and directed against the members of a particular group.” (American Justice) 

 

Keywords

  • Hate Crimes;
  • Ku Klux Klan;
  • Homophobia; 
  • Gays—Crimes Against; 
  • Afro-Americans—Crimes Against;
  • White Supremacy Movements.
 

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    • What can citizens do to stop hate crimes?

    • Are hate crimes against gays rising?

    • Does the religious right promote hate crimes?

    • Do hate crime laws endanger freedom of speech?

    • Should hate speech be banned from the Internet?

    • Should victims of hate crimes be able to sue their attackers?

    • Should hate speech be protected by free speech laws?

    • Are church burnings an example of hate crimes?

    • Focus on individuals or groups such as David Duke, the KKK, or skinheads.

    • Are militias tied to hate crimes?

     

    Reference Books

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    Encyclopedia of Psychology & Law
    Call Number: REF K 346 .E53 2008

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    International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
    Call Number: REF H 40 .A2 I5 2008

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    Encyclopedia of violence, peace and conflict
    Call Number: REF HM291 .E625

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    Encyclopedia of Human Development
    Call Number: REF HM 626 .E53 2006

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    Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights & Liberties
    Call Number: REF KF 4748 .E53 2006

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    Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution
    Call Number: REF KF4548.5 .S38 2009

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    Encyclopedia of religion and the law in America
    Call Number: REF KF4865.A68 A54 2009

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    Culture wars: an encyclopedia of issues, viewpoints, and voices
    Call Number: REF HN90.M6 U85 2010

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    Encyclopedia of interpersonal violence
    Call Number: REF HM1121 .E57 2008

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    The militia movement and hate groups in America
    Call Number: E184.A1 M54 1996

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    Atlas of crime :mapping the criminal landscape
    Call Number: REF HV6783 .A85 2000

     
     

    Suggested Databases

    • CQ Researcher Plus Archive  
        
      CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue each week, ranging from social and teen issues to environment, health, education, and science. Forty-four reports produced each year, including four expanded reports. Includes charts, and graphs.
    • Issues and Controversies  
        
      Issues and Controversies offers a wealth of current topics research information, including pro/con discussions of hot issues, newspaper editorials, numerical snapshots of key topics, photos and graphics, and selected historical source documents.
    • Opposing Viewpoints  
        
      Opposing Viewpoints searches viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazine articles and more social issues.
    • Academic Search Complete  
        
      Academic Search Complete provides full-text for more than 4,650 publications, including full-text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
    • America's Newspapers  
        
      America's Newspapers from NewsBank provides full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for more than 600 U.S. newspapers - all in one easy-to-search database.
    • Subject Specific Databases
     

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    Cite Your Sources

    Eventually, all students have to learn to properly cite their sources for their research. Some classes require MLA style, while others use APA. This page will give you pointers as well as help in creating those "Works Cited" or "References" pages. Remember you can always contact us, if it gets confusing (and it usually does!)

    • MLA Update 2009
      In Summer 2008, the Modern Language Association released its third edition of the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, which publicly unveiled modifications to MLA Style for the upcoming year.
      These changes go into effect in April 2009.
    • Sample of MLA Work Cited Page
      From Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University
    • Citation Builder - NCSU
      Citation Builder is an interactive web tool designed to assist college and university students in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties.
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