Safe Haven or Dangerous Place? Stereotype Amplification and Americans’ Perceived Risk of Terrorism, Violent Street Crime, and Mass Shootings

People overestimate the risk of some events, such as terrorist attacks and immigrant crimes, but not of others. Stereotype amplification theory indicates that politicized, out-group stereotypes may be to blame. We examine Americans’ perceptions of the risk that different forms of violence—out-group,...

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Main Author: Haner, Murat (Author)
Contributors: Cullen, Francis T. ; Pickett, Justin T. ; Sloan, Melissa Marie
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: The British journal of criminology
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Immigrant crimin-ality
Perceived risk
Psychological vulnerability
Racially divisive discourse
Social amplification of risk
Terrorism