Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-221) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The framework of police decision-making in hate crime cases -- Integration and hate crime: the institutionalization of civil rights laws -- Investigation: detectives and the making of hate crime -- The difficulty of hate crime investigation -- Police culture and hate crime -- The decision to seek charges -- Prosecutors and the courts -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Research methodology: a peek behind the curtain.