Objectives

Bridging the power-relation framework with prejudice and bias studies, this study examines how individuals perceive and construct racial hate crimes.

Methods

This study employs a factorial survey experiment with randomized vignette assignments to obtain insights into respondents’ judgment principles. Participants (N = 2635) were recruited through Mechanical Turk and were asked to read a fictional scenario that could be considered a racial hate crime. Logistic regression models are estimated, followed by moderation analyses and margins tests.

Results

The results support an integrated model that both the power dynamics between the victims and the offenders and the prejudice and beliefs of the respondents play significant roles in perceiving a racial hate crime.

Conclusions

This study finds empirical evidence to establish a link between the status of incidents, respondents’ prejudice, and the perception of racial hate crimes. Future research will benefit from expanding the examination to other minority groups as well as to other bias motives.

中文翻译：

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感知种族仇恨犯罪：权力关系视角

目标

本研究将权力关系框架与偏见和偏见研究联系起来，考察了个人如何看待和构建种族仇恨犯罪。

方法

本研究采用随机小插曲分配的因子调查实验，以深入了解受访者的判断原则。参与者 ( N  = 2635) 是通过 Mechanical Turk 招募的，并被要求阅读一个可以被视为种族仇恨犯罪的虚构场景。估计逻辑回归模型，然后进行适度分析和边际测试。

结果

结果支持一个综合模型，即受害者和犯罪者之间的权力动态以及受访者的偏见和信仰在感知种族仇恨犯罪方面发挥着重要作用。

结论

本研究发现了经验证据来建立事件状态、受访者的偏见和对种族仇恨犯罪的看法之间的联系。未来的研究将受益于将检查扩展到其他少数群体以及其他偏见动机。