Beyond the Numbers

Hate Crimes and Cultural Trauma Within Arab American Immigrant Communities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8107953
AutoresNicole J Hendricks (0000-0001-7831-5270, Vera Institute of Justice, autor de correspondencia), Christopher W Ortiz (Vera Institute of Justice and Utica College, New York, USA), Naomi F Sugie (0000-0002-2346-4786), Naomi Sugie (Vera Institute of Justice), Joel Miller (0000-0001-6865-5511, Universidad de Málaga)
Año2007
Volumen14
Número1
Páginas95-113
Fecha de publicación2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Review of Victimology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0269-7580 • E-ISSN: 2047-9433
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/026975800701400106
OpenAlexW2094387539
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas17

The events of September 11, 2001 reverberated through many Arab American communities across the country in ways that other Americans have not experienced. During the period directly following the attacks, people of Arab descent were harassed; churches and mosques were damaged, and in a few instances people were physically attacked, shot, or killed. In cities and towns with high concentrations of Arab Americans, public hostility and suspicion grew due to outside pressures. Utilizing interview data from a current national study of relations between Arab American communities and law enforcement, we explore issues of victimization, the perceived prevalence of hate and bias crimes among immigrants of Arab descent and law enforcement, and community-level feelings of vulnerability and fear in a post-September 11 environment. In addition, we examine the degree to which federal policies, media attention and law enforcement practices have led to a sense of community-wide victimization, which we label as a type of cultural trauma. Bearing the brunt of enforcement actions, Arab American communities are grappling with the insecurity and fear that has come from increased scrutiny in the name of security for others

Computer security · Criminology · Enforcement · Hostility · Immigration · Law enforcement · Political science · Scrutiny · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Law · Social Psychology