American Skinheads: The Criminology and Control of Hate Crime
- ISBN-10
- 0275949877
- ISBN-13
- 9780275949877
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 243
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Author
- Mark S. Hamm
Description
The author presents historical specificity for a modern theory of hate crime, then rigorously tests the theory with interview data derived from skinheads who have committed an array of violent acts against persons because of their race, religion, or sexual preference--the classic "outgroups" of American society.
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- 1994-06-30
- 264 pages
- Ebook
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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- 1993-01-26
- 264 pages
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- Bloomsbury Academic
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