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- Title
Assessment of Functional and Dysfunctional Perceived Threat of Hate Crimes Among Persons With and Without Disability.
- Authors
Pyo, Jimin; Hayes, Brittany E.
- Abstract
This study examined the relationship between disability status and perceived threat of hate crimes. Building on existing conceptual frameworks, first we differentiated between dysfunctional perceived threat that damages quality of life and functional perceived threat that has the capacity to be motivational and precautionary. We then examined how disability status predicts individuals' threat memberships across dysfunctional and functional perceived threats of hate crimes. Results—based on a survey of 1,824 adults recruited from Amazon's Mechanical Turk—indicate that persons with a disability are more likely than those without a disability to exhibit dysfunctional perceived threat (vs. functional or no perceived threat) of hate crime across different bias motivations. This relationship was evident even when accounting for those most at risk for each type of hate crime (e.g., persons of color for anti-race/ethnicity hate crime). Further, persons with cognitive and physical disabilities were associated with higher odds of dysfunctional perceived threat of all types of hate crimes when compared to persons without a disability. Overall, the present study highlights that persons with a disability may experience exacerbated consequences of subjective threat of hate crimes. Findings also suggest the importance of an intersectional approach to hate crime by considering how disability may intersect with other forms of oppression in relation to perceived threat of hate crime. Implications and future directions, especially as they relate to measurement, are discussed.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RISK of violence; CRIME prevention; RACISM; FEAR; PUBLIC health; CRIME victims; RISK assessment; SURVEYS; SEX distribution; QUALITY of life; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding; PEOPLE with disabilities; EMOTIONS; ODDS ratio; POLICY sciences; ATTITUDES toward disabilities
- Publication
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2023, Vol 38, Issue 23/24, p12135
- ISSN
0886-2605
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/08862605231191236