Losing the race : thinking psychosocially about racially motivated crime / David Gadd and Bill Dixon.

"Based on a two-year research project, "Context and motive in the perpetration of racially motivated violence and harassment", funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)"--P. iv of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-248) and index.

Posing the "why?" question -- Recovering the contradictory racist subject -- Understanding the "racially motivated offender" -- Racially aggravated offenders and the punishment of hate -- The unconscious attractions of far right politics -- Rethinking community cohesion -- Zahid Mubarek's murderer: the case of Robert Stewart -- Racism, respect, and recognition -- Conclusion: losing the race.