NCJ Number
178876
Journal
American Journal of Sociology Volume: 104 Issue: 2 Dated: September 1998 Pages: 372-403
Date Published
September 1998
Length
32 pages
Annotation
Data from New York City for 1987-95 were used to examine demographic and macroeconomic factors related to bias-related crime committed directed against Asian, Hispanic, and black persons.
Abstract
Results of the analysis of event-count models revealed that crimes against these minorities were most frequent in predominantly white areas, particularly those that had experienced an in-migration of minorities. However, no relationship existed between rates of racially motivated crime and macroeconomic conditions such as the rate of unemployment among non-Hispanic whites. In addition, no interaction appeared to exist between economic conditions and in-migration of minorities. Findings seemed to parallel ethnographic accounts of "defended" white urban neighborhoods. Findings also suggested the need for research to examine further issues regarding the conditions under which intergroup contact leads to violence. Tables, figure, footnotes, and 66 references (Author abstract modified)