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Contemporary Hate Crimes: Analysis and Examples examines complex issues related to hate crimes, presenting readers with a comprehensive framework that includes historical context, legal and constitutional discussions, typologies, contemporary considerations, and victim impacts. The text explores a range of topics, beginning with the rationale behind criminalizing hate-inspired actions, the development and contents of hate crime legislation, and the constitutionality of hate speech limitations. The discussion spans theoretical perspectives for understanding hate crimes, roles and impacts of various hate organizations, profiles of individual perpetrators described as ""lone wolves,"" and the international dynamics of hate-linked networks. Contemporary Hate Crimes is ideal for courses that focus on criminal justice, sociology, law, and social work, particularly those examining hate crimes, constitutional law, and social justice at both undergraduate and graduate levels. It inspires discussion, debate, and a deeper understanding of the hate crimes phenomenon through an interdisciplinary perspective and inclusion of contemporary developments and public policy issues.

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Matthew Lippman is professor emeritus in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he has taught courses in criminal law and criminal procedure as well as on civil liberties, international law, law and society, and terrorism. An award-winning teacher, he still teaches part-time at UIC. He has authored numerous academic publications, including ten books, and his work is regularly cited by academic publications and foreign and domestic courts and organizations.

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