American Skinheads: The Criminology and Control of Hate Crime (Praeger Series in Criminology and Crime Control Policy)
By Mark S. Hamm.
Description
American Skinheads is the first criminological analysis of organized hate crime violence. Mark Hamm presents historical specificity for a modern theory of hate crime, then rigorously tests the theory with interview data derived from skinheads who have committed an array of violent acts against persons because of their race, religion, or sexual preference--people who are members of the classic outgroups of American society.Part One traces the roots of the Skinhead Nation through the Beats, Mods, Hippies, and Punks in London, and then examines the rise of the Neo-Nazi Skinheads in the United ...
ISBN(s)
0275949877, 9780275949877
