The prosecution of bias crime in the Netherlands and the problem of net-widening: fundamental limits to criminal liability

Crimes that are committed with bias motives are categorised as ‘hate’ or bias crimes and are punished more severely than nonbias crimes. However, bias crime laws are often applied to offences where there is no clear evidence of a bias motive. Based on the results of 318 case studies into bias crime...

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Authors: Ringnalda, Allard (Author) ; Kool, Renée S. B. 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2012
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2012, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-74
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Keywords:
Bias Motive
Criminal Liability
Hate Crime
Police Officer
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