Islamophobia and Acts of Violence

Islamophobia and Acts of Violence: The Targeting and Victimization of American Muslims is a collection of perspectives by authors from a variety of academic disciplines such as legal studies, communication studies, political science, and criminology on the subject of Anti-Muslim hate crimes. Stereotypes of middle-eastern people had been part of the American landscape for decades prior to 9/11, and this act of terrorism intensified American misconceptions of the already marginalized community and led to criminal victimization of persons believed to be members of the Muslim community. This volume seeks to bring various aspects of Islamophobic attitudes and behaviors, from microaggressions that reflect bigotry to bias motivated criminal acts, commonly referred to as hate crimes, to a broad audience. This volume could also serve as a supplemental text for educators who teach in areas such as ethnoviolence, hate crimes and terrorism, criminology, sociology, immigration studies, political science, world religions, especially middle eastern studies, and other related courses.

Auteur

Carolyn Turpin Petrosino is Professor Emerita and is currently Adjunct faculty at Bridgewater State University and the founding chair of the Criminal Justice Department. She has 18 years of experience as a correctional social worker, correctional unit supervisor, and parole hearing officer within the New Jersey correctional and parole systems. Dr. Petrosino' s research focus is on hate crime phenomena. In addition to numerous journal articles and book chapters, her recent book is Understanding Hate Crime: Acts, Motives, Offenders, Victims, and Justice.

Contenu

Chapter 1 - The Nature and Scope of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim Hate Crime in Contemporary America Carolyn Turpin-Petrosino Chapter 2 - The Structure, Impact, and Power of the American Islamophobia Network Zainab Arain & Abbas Barzegar Chapter 3 - Ripples of Hate: Measuring How Hate Crimes Hurt More Randy Blazak Chapter 4 - Attacking Muslims in North America - An Empirical Analysis of Terrorist Attacks and Plots from 1970-2016 Brian Nussbaum & Andrew Vitek Chapter 5 - The Victimization of Muslim American Women and the Challenges of Imperial Feminism in Comparative Context Engy Abdelkader Chapter 6 - An Opinion: What the Qur'an Says that Disqualifies the Perspectives of Militant Radical Muslims Jabbar Al-Obaidi Chapter 7 - Trends and Catalysts of Anti-Muslim Hate Crime and Bigoted Attitudes: A Multi-Decade Analysis Brian Levin Chapter 8 - Conclusions: Veils Uncovered and Veils that Remain Carolyn Turpin-Petrosino