Carey Shenkman, Attorney
Description: Hate crime or terrorism? Lone wolf or extremist? These words are often used to describe ideologically motivated violence, and as this empirical analysis reveals, their use by officers of the law and members of the media has impact on real cases.
Equal Treatment?: Measuring the legal and media responses to ideologically motivated violence in the United States
This empirical analysis compares media coverage, law enforcement tactics, charges, and eventual sentencing when the perpetrator of an act of ideologically motivated violence is perceived to be Muslim and acting in the name of Islam vs. not perceived to be Muslim and motivated by another ideology, such as white supremacy.
Executive Summary
Carey Shenkman, Attorney