Hate crime and bias victimization of Latinx adults: Rates from a multisite community sample.

Abstract

Objective: To contribute a more complete and accurate understanding of rates of bias victimization toward Latinxs using self-report data from a community sample. Method: Totally, 910 Latinx adults from Boston, San Diego, and Houston were recruited through partnerships with community agencies and self-selection during local Latinx-focused events through the Spring and Summer of 2018. The survey evaluated experiences with hate crime, bias victimization, and non-bias victimization in their lifetime and past year. Background demographic information including immigration and documentation status were also queried. Results: The overall lifetime bias victimization rate for respondents was 52.9%. When focusing specifically on hate crimes this percentage was 28.4%, while the noncriminal bias victimization rate was 50%. There was a significant relationship between prior to past year bias victimization and past year nonbias victimization. Inversely, prior to past year non-bias victimization was also associated with past year bias victimization. Conclusion: The results of this study illustrate the limited nature of existing data sets on hate crime that rely on officially reported incidents or national surveys. This study is also one of the first to examine co-existence with other forms of victimization.

Bias Crime and Victimization Among Latinx Adults: Formal and Informal Help Seeking

“…Across the sites, 36.7% (n = 113) from Boston, 40.4% (n = 122) from Houston, and 26.4% (n = 80) from San Diego. The full sample demographics are presented in prior publications (Cuevas et al, 2021). As shown in Table 1, participant gender was relatively evenly split across the sample with female comprising 46.4%, male 53%, and a small minority of participants identifying as non-gender conforming (.6%).…”

“…Participants were asked if any of the incidents happened in their lifetime due to their race or ethnicity. Internal consistency for the BVQ-L is .86 for lifetime victimization (Cuevas et al, 2021). Two different count variables were constructed.…”

“…Against Latinx victims, hate crimes have risen at an even higher rate, increasing 39% between 2016 and 2018 (FBI, 2019). Self-reported rates of hate crime victimization reported in the Understanding and Measuring Bias Victimization against Latinos study found 26% of Latinx respondents experiencing any bias victimization in the past year and 10% of respondents experienced hate crime victimization in that same period (Cuevas et al, 2021). The rates of formally identified hate crime victimization of Latinxs as reported by the UCR and the reported victimization found in self report studies indicates significant experiences of bias victimization and hate crime incidents.…”

An introductory examination on the differences between frequentist and Bayesian multiple regression using real-world data on bias-based victimization among Latinx adults.

“…Therefore, this sample represents three diverse geographic regions of the United States that contain Latinx populations from different countries of origin and with different types of immigration statuses. The first wave of data has previously been used in publications (Cuevas et al, 2021). This is the first study to specifically analyze the second wave of data.…”

“…Two of these include the focus on specific understudied or marginalized groups, and the evaluation of victimization experiences unique to some of these groups such as hate crime or bias-motivated violence. Work has started to address these themes, providing greater insight on how some forms of violence impact specific communities or populations (Cuevas et al, 2021; Shively et al, 2014).…”