Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, and Controversies

The Fourth Edition of Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, and Controversies byPhyllis B. Gerstenfeldtakes a multidisciplinary approach that allows students to explore a broad scope of hate crimes. Drawing on recent developments, topics, and current research, this bookexamines the issues that foster hate crimes while demonstrating how these criminal acts impact individuals, as well as communities. Students are introduced to the issue through first-person vignettes―offering a more personalized account of both victims and perpetrators of hate crimes. Packed with the latest court cases, research, and statistics from a variety of scholarly sources, the Fourth Edition is one of the most comprehensive and accessible textbooks in the field.

• Crimes of Hate: Selected Readings
• Serial Murderers and Their Victims
• Criminal Procedure
• Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
• Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences
• Criminological Theory: Past to Present: Essential Readings
• Criminology: Theories, Patterns and Typologies
• Criminal Justice in Action: The Core
• Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation (Forensic and Police Science)
• Crime Victims: An Introduction to Victimology