RT Article
T1 Towards a multifactorial framework of the Roma’s victimisation: Discrimination, risky situations, and acceptance of violence as correlates of physical assault and harassment
JF International review of victimology
VO 30
IS 3
SP 480
OP 502
A1 Molnar, Lorena
A2 Chopin, Julien
A2 Hashimoto, Yuji Z
A2 Vazsonyi, Alexander Thomas 1964-
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1899488421
AB The European Roma population faces violence and discrimination, but the causes of their victimisation are not well understood. This study used a multi-theoretical framework to analyse data from a representative sample of 2,913 Roma surveyed in European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey II. The results showed that police stops perceived as ethnically motivated, exposure to risky situations, and acceptance of violence when insulted predicted physical victimisation and harassment. To reduce victimisation, recommendations include sensitising police officers, diverse police patrols, crime-reduction measures in neighbourhoods, and education on nonviolent communication. Further research is needed to understand other forms of victimisation among the Roma. The study highlights the usefulness of testing multiple risk factors from different criminological theories to address victimisation of the Roma ethnic minority.
K1 Minorities
K1 police stops
K1 Discrimination
K1 Ethnicity
K1 Victimisation
DO 10.1177/02697580241232436