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Peer reviewedJacobs, James B. – Public Interest, 1993
Explores issues surrounding hate crime legislation and prosecution, with emphasis on motivation and first amendment issues. Hate crime legislation attempts to import the civil rights model into criminal law, but the very existence of the hate crime label raises social and political stakes in intergroup crimes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation
