11. White Rage—Hate Crimes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Black Rage Defense, 1846: The Trial of William Freeman 9
6. 2. The Black Rage Defense, 1971 31
7. 3. The Law: Its Myths and Rituals 59
8. 4. Black Rage 1971: The Case of James Johnson, Jr. 81
9. 5. James Johnson's Workers' Compensation Case 112
10. 6. Racism, Rage, and Criminal Defenses 125
11. 7. To Use or Not to Use the Black Rage Defense 147
12. 8. Race, Class, and the Trials of Clarence Darrow 163
13. 9. A Survey of Black Rage Cases 183
14. 10. Urban War Zones 203
15. 11. White Rage—Hate Crimes 214
16. 12. White Rage—Do Prisons Cause Crime? 228
17. 13. The Cultural Defense and the Trials of Patrick Hooty Croy 241
18. 14. "Remake the World" 264
19. Notes 277
20. Index 291