Abstract
![CDATA[In recent decades, activists and researchers have described harassment and violence targeted against minority groups as “hate crime.” They have also petitioned police, courts, and state agencies to react against this form of crime. Nevertheless, the term remains conceptually awkward and is highly contested in debates about what incidents and victim groups it ought refer to, and what new laws and measures reconcile liberal freedom with minority protection.]]
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory |
| Editors | Bryan S. Turner |
| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118430873 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781118430866 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- hate crimes