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Title Hate crimes / [compiled by Grey House Publishing].

Publication Info. Amenia, New York : Grey House Publishing, 2020.
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 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  364.15 REFERENCE SHELF    Check Shelf
Description xv, 199 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Series The reference shelf ; volume 92, number 1
Reference shelf ; v. 92, no. 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186) and index.
Contents 1. Hate as part of society : -- Defining hate -- What we investigate -- FBI releases 2018 hate crime statistics -- Learn more about hate crimes -- The U.S. finally made lynching a federal crime -- Hate-crime violence hits 16-year high, FBI reports -- Mail bombs, hate crimes, and the meaning of terrorism -- 2. Causes and responses : -- Entering an era of rising hate crimes -- Trump and racism: what do the data say? -- American Islamophobia in the age of Trump: the global war on terror, continued? -- Steve Scalise: don't blame Trump for mass shootings -- Did counties hosting a Trump rally in 2016 see a 226% spike in hate crimes? -- "We need to evolve": police get help to improve hate crime tracking -- The FBI's new approach to combating domestic terrorism: straight talk -- Congressman Serrano and Senator Casey introduce the Stop HATE Act to address the rise in hate crimes through social media -- 3. Hate laws and the Constitution : -- The limits of free speech -- Is the cure of censorship better than the disease of hate speech? -- The limits of free speech for white supremacists marching at the Unite the Right 2, explained -- Hate speech and hate crime -- The El Paso shooting revived the free speech debate. Europe has limits -- Portland considers antimask law aimed at Antifa violence -- Free speech can be messy, but we need it -- Should we treat domestic terrorists the way we treat ISIS?: what works-and what doesn't -- 4. Prevention, outreach, and training : -- Schools as safe places for learning -- The urgent need for anti-racist education -- Hate crime in America policy summit -- Hate in schools: an in-depth look -- Political correctness and anti-Jewish bias mar first draft of California's ethnic studies curriculum -- Justice Department commemorates 10th anniversary of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act -- 5. The role of the media and big tech : -- The connected society -- How journalists cover mass shootings: research to consider -- In Congressional hearing on hate, the haters got their way -- A campus murder tests Facebook clicks as evidence of hate -- The media botched the Covington Catholic story -- Hate speech on social media: global comparisons -- How big tech can fight white supremacist terrorism: it has the tools- it just needs to use them.
Summary This volume focuses on the recent increase in hate crime in the United States, touching on recent mass shootings, the role of the president and the government in preventing hate crime, and recent outreach programs to schools and educators by the FBI and other organizations in the wake of rising hate crime incidents in our schools. It also discusses hate crime law, hate crime vs. hate speech, and the increase in hate-based international violence, which raises the issue of human-rights violations. - Publisher
Subject Hate crimes -- United States.
Mass shootings -- United States.
School violence -- United States.
Hate crimes -- Government policy -- United States.
Hate crimes -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Freedom of speech -- Social aspects -- United States.
Freedom of speech -- United States.
Freedom of speech -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Domestic terrorism -- United States.
Terrorism and mass media.
White supremacy movements -- United States.
Right-wing extremists -- United States.
Terrorists -- Social networks.
Domestic terrorism. (OCoLC)fst01737469
Freedom of speech. (OCoLC)fst00934044
Freedom of speech -- Moral and ethical aspects. (OCoLC)fst00934051
Freedom of speech -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00934054
Hate crimes. (OCoLC)fst00951873
Hate crimes -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00951874
Hate crimes -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst00951876
Mass shootings. (OCoLC)fst01923085
Right-wing extremists. (OCoLC)fst01097938
School violence. (OCoLC)fst01107915
Terrorism and mass media. (OCoLC)fst01148149
White supremacy movements. (OCoLC)fst01174715
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Reference works. (OCoLC)fst01919963
Reference works.
Added Author Grey House Publishing, Inc., compiler.
ISBN 9781642656008 (paperback)
1642656003 (paperback)
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