Patterns of hate crimes and hate incidents in New York City.
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Title
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Patterns of hate crimes and hate incidents in New York City.
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Identifier
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AAI9830711
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identifier
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9830711
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Creator
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Ganu, Komla Sam.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Charles Winick
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Date
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1998
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies | Sociology, Criminology and Penology | Sociology, Social Structure and Development
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Abstract
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Hate crimes/incidents are rooted in historical prejudices and negative stereotypes formed about the various groups based on the social categories of race, ethnicity, national origin, class, gender, religious conviction and sexual orientation. The agents through whom these prejudices and stereotypes ulcerate and proliferate in society are the major hate groups and their adherents. Extracting from the existing theories such as the Simple Self-Interest, the Classical Prejudice, and the Group Position models, I conceptualized that hate crimes/incidents in New York City are largely the result of pre-existing stereotypes formed about the various groups who are locked-up in communities or neighborhoods where they are compelled to share available resources. The interactions that emanate from these arrangements where visibly differentiated groups are the participants generate conflicts and tensions which produce high incidents of bias. Utilizing the NYPD and CCHR's bias incidents data covering 1991-1995, I compiled summary tables and geographic illustrations of the data based on the 59 community districts (CDs) of the City. Those CDs with high levels of forced interactions among the various groups also have high levels of bias involving racial, anti-Semitic and anti-gay incidents. These CDs can be classified into two major groups. Group one includes areas of high commercial, cultural, educational and civic centers, and harboring major transportation hubs. Group two consists of CDs with racial and ethnic group interstitial zones and neighborhoods in transition demographically. While the data revealed that bias incidents are not unidirectional as previously found, whites are more likely to be perpetrators of racial bias incidents than other racial groups; blacks are mostly the perpetrators of anti-Semitic incidents than other groups; and Hispanics are more likely to be perpetrators of bias against gays than any other group. Asians and Jews are less perpetrators of bias crimes than the other major groups of the City. Males are overwhelmingly the perpetrators of all bias crimes in the City than females. While racial bias incidents are best explained by the Classical Prejudice and Simple Self-Interest models, anti-Semitic and anti-gay incidents are predicated mostly on the Classical Prejudice model. Some recommendations for policy are also discussed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
