APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Examining Attitudes Toward Religiously Motivated Hate Crimes Against Women
- Robin Valeri
St. Bonaventure University - Josiely Reyes
St. Bonaventure University - Cynthia Symons
Houghton College
Abstract
Eighty participants read a news story about a hate crime against a veiled women (Muslim, Jewish, Catholic). Participants viewed the crime as more religiously motivated when the victim was Muslim or Jewish versus Catholic and were more certain the assailant should be convicted when the victim was Muslim versus Catholic.
Criminal Justice
