Xenophobic and racially motivated crime in Belgium: exploratory spatial data analysis and spatial regressions of structural covariates

Sylwia J. Piatkowska; Steven F. Messner; Tse Chuan Yang

doi:10.1080/01639625.2018.1479917

Xenophobic and racially motivated crime in Belgium: exploratory spatial data analysis and spatial regressions of structural covariates

Sylwia J. Piatkowska, Steven F. Messner, Tse Chuan Yang

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This study employs exploratory spatial data analysis and spatial count regression models to examine xenophobic and racially motivated crimes in Belgium between 2000 and 2012. Drawing upon recent work, we conceptualize and operationalize hate crime in multiple ways, reflecting “spaces of hate,” victimization risks, and risks adjusted for random interactions. The results reveal that hate crimes exhibit a distinct spatial imprint, which corresponds to Belgium’s geographic regions. The findings also reaffirm previous research, indicating that the choice of the offset in the computation of hate crime rates is highly consequential for assessing the impact of relative group size.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1398-1418
Number of pages	21
Journal	Deviant Behavior
Volume	39
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2018.1479917
State	Published - Nov 2 2018
Externally published	Yes

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