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100			_aSolhjell, Randi and Klatran, Henning Kaiser _958290
245			_aThe politics of policing hate: Boundary work, social inequalities, and legitimacy
260			_aSocial & Legal Studies
300			_a33(4), Aug, 2024: p.620-641
520			_aThis article investigates how police officers and prosecutors make sense of and speak about their work with hate crimes. Our analysis rests upon Robert Reiner's widely acknowledged claim that policing is inherently political. We identified three core issues that illustrate the political nature of policing hate crimes. First, the politically contingent boundary work of distinguishing criminal from legal acts. Second, the impact of the enforcement of hate crime laws on the reproduction of social inequalities. Third, the “diversity politics” of gaining legitimacy and trust among minorities, which hate crime legislation is meant to protect. While a strong commitment to policing hate crimes is evident among our interviewees, we ask if the politically invested discourse they present may contribute to an absence of critical reflections regarding the limited effect of law enforcement, as well as a lack of engagement with pressing concerns regarding racialized crime control and racism.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09646639231201912
650			_aHate crime, Police, Norway, Legitimacy, Social inequalities, Boundary work. _947775
773			_aSocial & Legal Studies
906			_aCRIMES
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