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LAW AND CRIME

The Psychology of Hate Crimes
as Domestic Terrorism

U.S. and Global Issues

3 VOLUMES | EDWARD DUNBAR, AMALIO BLANCO,
AND DESIRÉE A. CRÈVECOEUR-MACPHAIL, EDITORS
“ acts of terror will find useful observations using data and argument from a
Researchers interested in the controversies surrounding hate crime and
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wide variety of disciplinary perspectives. Recommended.
—Choice, May 1, 2017
The Psychology of Hate Crimes as Domestic Terrorism: U.S. and Global Issues takes a
hard look at hate crimes both domestically and internationally, enabling readers to see November 2016, 1,080pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
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similarities and disparities as well as to make the connections between hate crimes and $194.00, £150.00, €177.00
domestic terrorism. The entries in this three-volume set discuss subjects such as the eBook: 978-1-4408-3907-8
psychology and motivation in hate crimes, the cultural norms that shape tolerance of
outgroups or tolerance of hate, and the fact that hate crimes are a pervasive form of
domestic terrorism, as well as myriad issues of proliferation, public policy, policing, law and
punishment, and prevention.

EDWARD DUNBAR, EdD, is clinical professor in the Department of Psychology at University of California, Los Angeles.
AMALIO BLANCO, PhD, is professor of social psychology at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM)
DESIRÉE A. CRÈVECOEUR-MACPHAIL, PhD, is a social psychologist who serves as the project director for the Los Angeles County
Evaluation Program (LACES) at University of California, Los Angeles.

Mass Shootings

Media, Myths, and Realities

JACLYN SCHILDKRAUT AND H. JAYMI ELSASS
> AWARD WINNER

2016 Outstanding Academic Title –Choice
“ Essential. All public and academic levels/libraries. ”
An important contribution to criminology and the study of mass shootings.

—Choice, October 3, 2016
When a mass shooting happens, the news media is flooded with headlines and breaking February 2016, 239pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
information about the shooters, victims, and acts themselves. What is notably absent in Print: 978-1-4408-3652-7
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prevalent these mass shootings really are (or are not, when considering crime statistics eBook: 978-1-4408-3653-4
as a whole), what legitimate causes for concern are, and how likely an individual is to
be involved in such an incident. Instead, these events often are used as catalysts for JACLYN SCHILDKRAUT, PhD, is
conversations about larger issues such as gun control and mental health care reform. assistant professor of public justice
at the State University of New York
FEATURES (SUNY) at Oswego.
H. JAYMI ELSASS is a lecturer in the
• Explores the history of mass shootings, both before and after the infamous 1999
Columbine High School event and shootings that occurred in and out of schools School of Criminal Justice at Texas
State University.
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