@article{ref1,
title="Safe haven or dangerous place? Stereotype amplification and Americans' perceived risk of terrorism, violent street crime, and mass shootings",
journal="British journal of criminology",
year="2020",
author="Cullen, Francis T. and Pickett, Justin T. and Sloan, Melissa M. and Haner, Murat",
volume="60",
number="6",
pages="1606-1626",
abstract="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, in-group and non-racialized--will occur in their local communities. We hypothesize that negative stereotypes of immigrants and Muslims will increase the perceived risk of out-group violence but not of other forms of violence. Analyses of original survey data from a sample of 1,068 Americans reveal four findings: (1) most Americans accurately perceive home-grown violence to be more likely than violence by foreigners, (2) political identification and ideology strongly predict out-group stereotypes, (3) out-group stereotypes strongly predict the perceived risk of out-group violence but are not significantly associated with risk perceptions for other forms of violence and (4) vulnerability factors predict risk perceptions for all forms of violence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-0955",
doi="10.1093/bjc/azaa045",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azaa045"
}