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- Gendered Hate: Exploring Gender in Hate Crime Law
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Northeastern University Press
- Series: Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law
summary
Hate crime laws, on both the federal and state levels, increasingly include gender, yet the category continues to be controversial and rarely implemented. Law enforcement officials themselves view the gender category differently from other forms of bias crimes, such as those based on race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation. Why are these types of bias crimes reported more extensively than those gender-biased crimes?
Jessica P. Hodge uses extensive empirical research, including newspaper accounts, legislative histories, and interviews with criminal justice professionals and advocacy groups to investigate the creation and implementation of the gender category in New Jersey. She finds several reasons why the gender category is (or is not) included and/or implemented in particular cases. Extrapolating her findings beyond the Garden State, Hodge illuminates the challenges of developing definitive and effective gender-inclusive bias crime statutes.
Jessica P. Hodge uses extensive empirical research, including newspaper accounts, legislative histories, and interviews with criminal justice professionals and advocacy groups to investigate the creation and implementation of the gender category in New Jersey. She finds several reasons why the gender category is (or is not) included and/or implemented in particular cases. Extrapolating her findings beyond the Garden State, Hodge illuminates the challenges of developing definitive and effective gender-inclusive bias crime statutes.
Table of Contents
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- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xi
- 1. Why Does Gender Matter?
- pp. 1-19
- Appendix A: Methodology
- pp. 113-122
- Appendix B: New Jersey Bias Crime Statutes
- pp. 123-126
- Appendix C: Senate Bills 1146 and 402
- pp. 127-135
- Appendix E: Interview Guides
- pp. 146-150
- Bibliography
- pp. 161-174
Additional Information
ISBN
9781555537579
Related ISBN(s)
9781555537517
MARC Record
OCLC
742514629
Pages
196
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No