In the name of hate is the first book to offer a comprehensive theory of hate crimes arguing for an expansion of the legal definitions that most states in the united states hold barbara perry provides a historical understanding of hate crimes and provocatively argues that hate crimes are not an aberration of current society but rather a by product of a society still grappling with . In the name of hate a brilliant ivy league student is murdered after he went to a california park with a former high school classmate was he killed because he was gay and jewish correspondent. In the name of hate is the first book to offer a comprehensive theory of hate crimes arguing for an expansion of the legal definitions that most states in the us hold barbara perry provides an historical understanding of hate crimes and provocatively argues that hate crimes are not an aberration of current society but rather a by product of a society still grappling w. In the name of hate is the first book to offer a comprehensive theory of hate crimes and offers an expansion of the legal definitions that most states in the usa hold