Objectives

We apply Unnever and Cullen’s (2010) Racial Animus Model to examine support for punitive counter-terrorism policies before and after the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attack.

Methods

We utilize a natural experiment of survey data from Australians before (n = 1191) and after (n = 1344) the attack. Both surveys included a between-groups vignette describing a terrorist as either a right-wing or Islamic extremist. We examined if support for counter-terrorism policies differed between the two conditions and two surveys. We tested whether perceiving Muslims as threatening predicted support for punitive policies, and if the attack mitigated this association.

Results

Participants were more supportive of punitive policies when a terrorist was motivated by Islamic extremism, but only in the pre-Christchurch sample. Those who perceived Muslims as threatening were more supportive of such policies, but this association was weaker among post-Christchurch participants.

Conclusions

Results support the Racial Animus Model and suggest that empathy might play a role in weakening anti-Muslim animus.

中文翻译：

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对穆斯林的Animus及其与公众支持惩罚性反恐政策的联系：克赖斯特彻奇恐怖袭击是否减轻了这种联系？

目标

我们应用Unnever和Cullen（2010）的《种族Animus模型》来研究对2019年克赖斯特彻奇恐怖袭击前后惩罚性反恐政策的支持。

方法

 在攻击之前（n  = 1191）和攻击后（n = 1344），我们利用来自澳大利亚人的调查数据的自然实验。两项调查都包括一个将恐怖分子描述为右翼或伊斯兰极端分子的群体间小插图。我们检查了两个条件和两次调查之间对反恐政策的支持是否有所不同。我们测试了感知穆斯林是否威胁到惩罚性政策的预期支持，以及攻击是否减轻了这种关联。

结果

当恐怖分子是伊斯兰极端主义的动机时，参与者更支持惩罚性政策，但仅限于克赖斯特彻奇之前的样本。那些认为穆斯林有威胁的人更支持这种政策，但是在基督城后的参与者中，这种联系较弱。

结论

结果支持种族动物模型，并表明同情心可能会削弱反穆斯林的动物情绪。