diff --git a/rest_framework/exceptions.py b/rest_framework/exceptions.py
index 0c96ecdd5..829f11382 100644
--- a/rest_framework/exceptions.py
+++ b/rest_framework/exceptions.py
@@ -11,49 +11,50 @@ from rest_framework import status
 class APIException(Exception):
     """
     Base class for REST framework exceptions.
-    Subclasses should provide `.status_code` and `.detail` properties.
+    Subclasses should provide `.status_code` and `.data` properties.
+
+    The `.data` is a dictionary that usually contains just one
+    field: "detail". However, some exception classes may override
+    it.
     """
-    pass
+
+    def __init__(self, detail=None):
+        self.data = {'detail': detail or self.default_detail}
 
 
 class ParseError(APIException):
     status_code = status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
     default_detail = 'Malformed request.'
 
-    def __init__(self, detail=None):
-        self.detail = detail or self.default_detail
+
+class DeserializeError(APIException):
+    status_code = status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
+
+    def __init__(self, errors):
+        self.data = dict(errors)
 
 
 class AuthenticationFailed(APIException):
     status_code = status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
     default_detail = 'Incorrect authentication credentials.'
 
-    def __init__(self, detail=None):
-        self.detail = detail or self.default_detail
-
 
 class NotAuthenticated(APIException):
     status_code = status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED
     default_detail = 'Authentication credentials were not provided.'
 
-    def __init__(self, detail=None):
-        self.detail = detail or self.default_detail
-
 
 class PermissionDenied(APIException):
     status_code = status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN
     default_detail = 'You do not have permission to perform this action.'
 
-    def __init__(self, detail=None):
-        self.detail = detail or self.default_detail
-
 
 class MethodNotAllowed(APIException):
     status_code = status.HTTP_405_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED
     default_detail = "Method '%s' not allowed."
 
     def __init__(self, method, detail=None):
-        self.detail = (detail or self.default_detail) % method
+        self.data = {'detail': (detail or self.default_detail) % method}
 
 
 class NotAcceptable(APIException):
@@ -61,7 +62,9 @@ class NotAcceptable(APIException):
     default_detail = "Could not satisfy the request's Accept header"
 
     def __init__(self, detail=None, available_renderers=None):
-        self.detail = detail or self.default_detail
+        super(NotAcceptable, self).__init__(detail)
+        # TODO: self.available_renderers not used anywhere
+        #       across the code
         self.available_renderers = available_renderers
 
 
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ class UnsupportedMediaType(APIException):
     default_detail = "Unsupported media type '%s' in request."
 
     def __init__(self, media_type, detail=None):
-        self.detail = (detail or self.default_detail) % media_type
+        self.data = {'detail': (detail or self.default_detail) % media_type}
 
 
 class Throttled(APIException):
@@ -83,9 +86,10 @@ class Throttled(APIException):
         self.wait = wait and math.ceil(wait) or None
         if wait is not None:
             format = detail or self.default_detail + self.extra_detail
-            self.detail = format % (self.wait, self.wait != 1 and 's' or '')
+            self.data = {'detail':
+                         format % (self.wait, self.wait != 1 and 's' or '')}
         else:
-            self.detail = detail or self.default_detail
+            self.data = {'detail': detail or self.default_detail}
 
 
 class ConfigurationError(Exception):
diff --git a/rest_framework/mixins.py b/rest_framework/mixins.py
index f11def6d4..b190e5728 100644
--- a/rest_framework/mixins.py
+++ b/rest_framework/mixins.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ which allows mixin classes to be composed in interesting ways.
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.http import Http404
-from rest_framework import status
+from rest_framework import status, exceptions
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.request import clone_request
 import warnings
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class CreateModelMixin(object):
             return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED,
                             headers=headers)
 
-        return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        raise exceptions.DeserializeError(serializer.errors)
 
     def get_success_headers(self, data):
         try:
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class UpdateModelMixin(object):
             self.post_save(self.object, created=created)
             return Response(serializer.data, status=success_status_code)
 
-        return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        raise exceptions.DeserializeError(serializer.errors)
 
     def partial_update(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         kwargs['partial'] = True
diff --git a/rest_framework/views.py b/rest_framework/views.py
index e1b6705b6..193d4fb27 100644
--- a/rest_framework/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/views.py
@@ -283,8 +283,7 @@ class APIView(View):
                 exc.status_code = status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN
 
         if isinstance(exc, exceptions.APIException):
-            return Response({'detail': exc.detail},
-                            status=exc.status_code,
+            return Response(exc.data, status=exc.status_code,
                             exception=True)
         elif isinstance(exc, Http404):
             return Response({'detail': 'Not found'},