From slave abuse to hate crime : the criminalization of racial violence in American history /

From slave abuse to hate crime : the criminalization of racial violence in American history /

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Author / Creator:	Aaronson, Ely, 1973- author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Description:	xiii, 205 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge historical studies in American law and society Cambridge historical studies in American law and society.
Subject:	African Americans -- Crimes against -- History. Hate crimes -- United States -- History. Violence -- United States -- History. Violent crimes -- United States -- History. African Americans -- Crimes against. Hate crimes. Race relations. Violence. Violent crimes. United States -- Race relations -- History. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10094021

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ISBN:	9781107026896 110702689X 9781107608542 (paperback) 1107608546 (paperback)
Notes:	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book explores the complex ways in which political debates and legal reforms regarding the criminalization of racial violence have shaped the development of American racial history. Spanning previous campaigns for criminalizing slave abuse, lynching, and Klan violence and contemporary debates about the legal response to hate crimes, this book reveals both continuity and change in terms of the political forces underpinning the enactment of new laws regarding racial violence in different periods and of the social and institutional problems that hinder the effective enforcement of these laws. A thought-provoking analysis of how criminal law reflects and constructs social norms, this book offers a new historical and theoretical perspective for analyzing the limits of current attempts to use criminal legislation as a weapon against racism"--

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Call Number:	HV6250.4.E75 A22 2014
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