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Publications

MY BOOKS

Hate Thy Neighbor. 

Despite increasing
racial tolerance and national diversity, neighborhood segregation remains a
very real problem in cities across America.

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Policing Hatred 

Policing Hatred explores the intersection of race and law enforcement in the controversial area of hate crime.

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Police and Policing Law 

This collection of essays focuses on law and society research examining how police manage the job put to them and the extent to which the law figures in what they do.

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MY ARTICLES

What is a hate crime? 

The narrow legal definition makes it hard to charge and convict. 

Why this trial was different: Experts react to guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin

Scholars analyze the guilty verdicts handed down to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the 2020 murder of George Floyd.

Is the Derick Chauvin verdict an anomaly?

Jeanine Bell & Ric Simmons unpack why the trial was different yet doubt it will increase police brutality convictions!

Hate Crime Laws, Explained. 

Authorities have stopped shy of classifying the Atlanta-area killings of eight people, including six Asian women, as a hate crime.

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