Saucier Donald A, Brown Tamara L, Mitchell Raquel C, Cawman Audrey J
Kansas State University, Manhattan, 66506, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2006 Jul;21(7):890-909. doi: 10.1177/0886260506288936.
Hate crimes are motivated by perpetrators' prejudice toward targets' group. To examine individuals' attitudes toward hate crime perpetrators and targets, participants responded to vignettes of court cases in which the victim's group membership was varied. Results showed that participants recommended more severe sentences for perpetrators when the targets of their crimes were not White males or White females and reported those crimes as more closely fitting the definition of "hate crime." These results show that participants consider penalty enhancements appropriate for hate crimes and that they do not consider crimes against women to be hate crimes, consistent with present hate crime legislation. These results have implications for the utility and support of hate crime legislation but may showcase the resistance to expanding the legislation to protect individuals of other groups, especially women.
仇恨犯罪是由犯罪者对受害者所属群体的偏见所驱动的。为了研究个体对仇恨犯罪犯罪者和受害者的态度，参与者对一些法庭案件的 vignettes 做出了回应，在这些案件中受害者的群体成员身份是不同的。结果显示，当犯罪的受害者不是白人男性或白人女性时，参与者建议对犯罪者判处更严厉的刑罚，并认为这些犯罪更符合“仇恨犯罪”的定义。这些结果表明，参与者认为对仇恨犯罪加重处罚是合适的，并且他们不认为针对女性的犯罪是仇恨犯罪，这与现行的仇恨犯罪立法一致。这些结果对仇恨犯罪立法的效用和支持有影响，但可能显示出在扩大立法以保护其他群体，尤其是女性方面存在阻力。
