Student Reactions to Public Safety Reports of Hate Crimes

Autor/inn/en	Kahl, Jessica E.; Koenig, Anne; Smith, Ramon
Titel	Student Reactions to Public Safety Reports of Hate Crimes
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 28 (2013) 13, S.2713-2730 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260513487990
Schlagwörter	Student Reaction; Crime; Safety; Bias; Psychological Patterns; Reports; Victims of Crime; Race; African Americans; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Vignettes; Questionnaires + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerkritik; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Sicherheit; Abschlussbericht; Berichten; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Rasse; Abstammung; Afroamerikaner; Schülerverhalten; Fragebogen
Abstract	This study investigated participant's reactions to hate crime versus nonbiased crime incident reports that included more or less detail about the crime using a 2 (victim race: African American, unstated) × 2 (amount of information: vague, detailed) between-subjects factorial design. We hypothesized that participants would be more sympathetic, more distressed, and blame the victim less if the victim was African American (designating a hate crime) and if more detail was included in the incident report. The results generally showed greater psychological impact for a hate crime versus nonbiased crime and when more information was presented than with vague information, and these two manipulations did not interact in influencing participants' reactions. These results indicate that amount of detail provided about a crime should be considered when publishing incident reports. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10