Hate Crimes: Perspectives on Offending and the Law

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 525-549

  King, Ryan D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Hate Crime; Informal Social Control; National Crime Victimization Survey; Police Officer; Sexual Orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125895780     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0245-0_24     Document Type: Chapter

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