ABSTRACT
Violence directed at victimized groups because of their real or imagined characteristics is as old as humankind. Why, then, have "hate crimes" only recently become recog-nized as a serious social problem, especially in the United States? This book addresses a timely set of questions about the politics and dynamics of intergroup violence manifested
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|46 pages
A New View of Hate-Motivated Violence
part II|62 pages
Violence Against Gays and Lesbians
part III|60 pages
Violence Against Women
part IV|13 pages
Conclusions
