Making hate a crime: from social movement to law enforcement

Introduction: the hate crime agenda

The emergence of an anti-hate-crime movement and the construction of an epidemic of violence

Social movement mobilization, categorization processes, and meaning making in federal hate crime law

Diffusion processes and the evolution of state hate crime law

Judicial decision making and the changing meaning of hate crime

Law enforcement responses: policing and prosecuting hate crime

Conclusion: empirical findings, theoretical interpretations, and policy implications.