@article{ref1,
title="The role of visibility for a minority's exposure to (hate) crime and worry about crime - a study of the Traveller community",
journal="International review of victimology",
year="2015",
author="Wallengren, Simon and Mellgren, Caroline",
volume="21",
number="3",
pages="303-319",
abstract="This study examines Travellers, a subset of the Roma minority; exposure to (hate) crime; and worry about criminal victimization in Sweden. Previous research has shown that the Roma in many respects constitute a marginalized group that is vulnerable to both discrimination and other criminal acts. This is problematic since there is a risk that minorities who are victims of crimes may be further stigmatized and may also lose cultural expression. The data are collected from a sample of Travellers living in the Gothenburg region of Sweden (N = 121). Approximately one fifth of the respondents stated that they had experienced anti-Roma motivated victimization during the previous 12 months and as many as 84% stated that they had been the victims of such a crime at some point during their lifetime. The respondents also reported a high level of worry about criminal victimization, and 3 out of 10 respondents stated that their quality of life was highly affected by worry about crime. Further, a tendency was noted toward a higher degree of victimization, but a lower degree of worry, among those respondents who were open about their ethnicity by comparison with those who were not.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-7580",
doi="10.1177/0269758015592108",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269758015592108"
}