The Expressive Goals of Bias Crime Legislation and the Media
State level bias crime legislation was passed throughout much of the United States over the last three decades. Beyond their prosecutorial or instrumental application, bias or hate crime laws serve an expressive or messaging function. This function is meant to promote societal cohesion through the r...
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PDXScholar
2011
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| Online Access: | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/206 https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1205&context=open_access_etds |