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The Punishment Of Hate: Toward A Normative Theory Of Bias-Motivated Crimes, Frederick M. Lawrence
The Punishment Of Hate: Toward A Normative Theory Of Bias-Motivated Crimes, Frederick M. Lawrence
Michigan Law Review
This article explores how bias crimes differ from parallel crimes and why this distinction makes a crucial difference in our criminal law. Bias crimes differ from parallel crimes as a matter of both the resulting harm and the mental state of the offender. The nature of the injury sustained by the immediate victim of a bias crime exceeds the harm caused by a parallel crime. Moreover, bias crimes inflict a palpable harm on the broader target community of the crime as well as on society at large, while parallel crimes do not generally cause such widespread injury.
The distinction between …
Strings Attached--Violin Fraud And Other Deceptions, Carla J. Shapreau
Strings Attached--Violin Fraud And Other Deceptions, Carla J. Shapreau
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Violin Fraud: Deception, Forgery, Theft, and the Law by Brian W. Harvey