Hate Source: White Supremacist Hate Groups and Hate Crime

Mulholland, Sean E. (2011): Hate Source: White Supremacist Hate Groups and Hate Crime.

Abstract

The relationship between hate group activity and hate crime is theoretically ambiguous. Hate groups may incite criminal behavior in support of their beliefs. On the other hand, hate groups may reduce hate crime by serving as a forum for members to verbally vent their frustrations or as protection from future biased violence. I find that the presence of an active white supremacist hate group chapter is associated with an 18.7 percent higher hate crime rate. White supremacist groups are not associated with the level of anti-white hate crimes committed by non-whites, nor do they form in expectation of future hate crimes by non-whites.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: hate crime, hate groups, white supremacist
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D71 - Social Choice ; Clubs ; Committees ; Associations; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants ; Non-labor Discrimination; K - Law and Economics > K1 - Basic Areas of Law > K14 - Criminal Law

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