BIO

I was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and just recently moved to America to start my college path as an international student. As an Economics major, my biggest area of interest is development economics, as I have the opportunity compare how the actions of different regions of the world result in diverse outcomes. From the smallest town in South America to New York City, it all catches my attention.
I also like to diverge my interests into other social sciences, such as criminology, which is where my current research project is taking place. The various ways in which human behavior can be studied fascinates me. Yet, I equally enjoy engaging in the study of trigonometric formulas and organic chemical compounds, which is why I am complementing my undergraduate degree with a minor in Mathematics. I like to have my perspective broadened by different people and academic fields, and I look forward everyday to find new ways to engage in my community.

Hate Crime and Typology: a Comprehensive Database for Federal Hate Crime Offenders

Abstract

The following research study is a comprehensive database of officially recorded federal hate crime offenders that addresses the personal information, background, situational characteristics, and crime details of each federal hate crime offender in the United States between 2009 and 2022. Seeing the increasing trend in hate crimes, the database has been created with the intent of detecting common and distinct patterns, triggers, and contexts of all serious bias-motivated crimes to increase prevention efforts and determine possible risk factors of these incidents in the United States. Additionally, the study seeks to develop a new typology that integrates the unique nature of hate crimes in America, directly connecting it to the numerous outcomes of such events and the various pathways into hate crime offending. The information for the study is being obtained by using open-source search engines so that all publicly available data can be collected and placed into the database, looking for variables such as mental illness, substance abuse, previous history of violence, and ties to hate groups of the offender. To achieve the goals of the research project, once all information on the offenders has been gathered, the research team aims to conduct the appropriate descriptive and multivariate analysis that reflects the study’s objectives. As a last step, the results of the project as well as the database are going to be publicly available and accessible to all.

Keywords: Hate crime, bias-motivated, typology, violence, victimization.