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Discusses the impact on a community's race relations when a young African-American is found murdered near a river which separates two Michigan towns; one predominantly white and prosperous and the other African-American and impoverished.
In The Other Side of the River, Kotlowitz brings readers to two Michigan towns, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. Separated by the St. Joseph River, they are geographically close, yet worlds apart: St. Joseph is a 95 percent white, prosperous lakeshore community, while Benton Harbor…
This short, accessible text takes on the global and pervasive phenomenon of hate crimes and hypothesizes potential fixes. Iganski and Levin detail evidence of hate violence in the 21<SUP>st</SUP> century, particularly religious hatred, ethnic, racial and xenophobic hatred, viole…
Description of the different ways in which lives of LGBT individuals in the US are criminalized, policed, and punished. The authors describe queer criminal archetypes, such as 'gleeful gay killers', 'lethal lesbians', 'disease spreaders', and 'deceptive gender benders'. They exp…
"Drawing on years of research, activism, and legal advocacy, Queer (In)Justice is a searing examination of queer experiences as ‘suspects,’ defendants, prisoners, and survivors of crime. The authors unpack queer criminal archetypes--from ‘gleeful gay killers’ and ‘lethal lesbian…
Brings together internationally acclaimed scholars with researchers, policy makers and practitioners from across the world to critically scrutinise the concept of hate crime as a global phenomenon. It seeks to examine whether hate crime can, or should, be conceptualised within a…
Brings together internationally acclaimed scholars with researchers, policy makers and practitioners from across the world to critically scrutinise the concept of hate crime as a global phenomenon. It seeks to examine whether hate crime can, or should, be conceptualised within a…