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Hi! I am from Brevard County Florida and am studying both Criminology and Psychology at Florida State University. I hope to gain more experience in research during my undergrad.

The Consequences and Impacts of Hate Crime and Post-Victimization Experiences

Abstract

The growing need to understand the experiences of hate crime victims in America has been reflected by the growing body of research centered around this premise. Such research has made transparent the association between hate crime victimization and a range of potential negative mental and physical outcomes. Yet, while prior research has been highly impactful to advancing knowledge in this field, our understanding of the experiences of hate crime victims in America has been solely correlational. Therefore, our research team has been seeking to address the gap in research by assessing within-individual change using repeated measures over time. The current study involves collecting and examining the first wave of pilot data from this study, named the Longitudinal Hate Crime Victimization Survey (LHCVS). Analysis of this initial data is critical to the two-wave design of this study, which is critical for the intention of examining and documenting within-person variation and providing sufficient evidence of change. This will also be used to address and assess the relationship between outgroup attitudes, ingroup identification, and help-seeking patterns among individuals who experience hate crime victimization. For example, in this initial data sample 20% of victims reported to police, from which 8% assumed police would be bias and 18% reported they thought police would be ineffective. Further advancing this research is critical to the ability of empirically examining; 1) repeat victim patterns, 2) how prior victimization, might impact future outcomes, 3) ways in which differential post-victim experiences might structure responses to future victimization.

Keywords: Hate-Crime, Victimization, Criminology