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- Publications
- Influence
Hate Crimes: Criminal Law and Identity Politics
- J. Bell
- Sociology
- 2001
This is a book review of Hate Crimes: Criminal Law and Identity Politics, by James Jacob and Kimberly Potter (Oxford University Press, 2000).
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Gaining Access: A Practical and Theoretical Guide for Qualitative Researchers
- M. Feldman, J. Bell, M. T. Berger
- Sociology, Computer Science
- 12 March 2003
Policing Hatred: Law Enforcement, Civil Rights, and Hate Crime
- J. Bell
- Political Science
- 2002
Policing Hatred explores the intersection of race and law in the controversial area of hate crime. An in-depth ethnographic portrait of how hate crime law works in practice, Policing Hatred exposes… Expand
Hate Thy Neighbor: Move-In Violence and the Persistence of Racial Segregation in American Housing
- J. Bell
- Political Science
- 8 June 2013
Despite increasing racial tolerance and national diversity, neighborhood segregation remains a very real problem in cities across America. Scholars, government officials, and the general public have… Expand
Demise of the Talented Tenth: Affirmative Action and the Increasing Underrpresentation of Ascendant Blacks at Selective Educational Institutions
Over the past 30 years America has experienced both a substantial increase in the percentage of blacks multiracial blacks and an unprecedented influx of voluntary immigration of blacks primarily from… Expand
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Deciding When Hate is a Crime: The First Amendment, Police Detectives, and the Identification of Hate Crime
- J. Bell
- Political Science
- 2002
This Article adds to the debate a story of how hate crime law is enforced, based on the experiences of the police detectives who are required to enforce hate crime law. Part I of this Article… Expand
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Policing and Surveillance
- J. Bell
- Political Science
- 2009
Some of what officers do in incidents suspected of being bias crimes is similar to what they do with other cases that are not believed to be bias-motivated. For instance, if the crime is reported to… Expand
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'Behind this Mortal Bone': The (In)Effectiveness of Torture
- J. Bell
- Sociology
- 25 July 2008
This Essay addresses the theoretical debate on torture in an empirical way. It urges that as part of our evaluation of the merits of torture, we take a shrewd look at the quality of information… Expand
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O Say, Can You See: Free Expression by the Light of Fiery Crosses
- J. Bell
- Political Science
- 2004
This Article presents a comprehensive, context-based theory which both places cross burning in its proper doctrinal framework and recognizes the history of cross burning as one of Ku Klux… Expand
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Policing Hatred: Police Bias Units and the Construction of Hate Crime
- J. Bell
- Political Science
- 1997
Much of the scholarly debate about hate crime laws focuses on a discussion of their constitutionality under the First Amendment. Part of larger empirical study of police methods of investigating hate… Expand
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