Schumann, Sandy;
Moore, Ysanne;
(2022)
The COVID-19 outbreak as a trigger event for sinophobic hate crimes in the United Kingdom.
The British Journal of Criminology
10.1093/bjc/azac015.
(In press).
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Abstract
We assessed whether the COVID-19 outbreak in the United Kingdom was associated with a rise in sinophobic hate crimes as well as the temporal distribution of victimization rates. A victimization survey (N = 393) showed that following the first known case of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom, Chinese/East Asian persons had a higher likelihood of being hate crime or incident victims than members of other ethnic minority groups. Specifically, victimization reported by Chinese/East Asian participants reached its highest level in March 2020 (before lockdown); it then dropped significantly after an initial relaxation of restrictions in May 2020. Overall, we documented a temporary, potentially slightly delayed hate crime trigger effect of the COVID-19 outbreak.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The COVID-19 outbreak as a trigger event for sinophobic hate crimes in the United Kingdom |
| DOI: | 10.1093/bjc/azac015 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azac015 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Security and Crime Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10148311 |
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