TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Safe haven or dangerous place? Stereotype amplification and Americans' perceived risk of terrorism, violent street crime, and mass shootings
JO  - British journal of criminology
A1  - Cullen, Francis T.
A1  - Pickett, Justin T.
A1  - Sloan, Melissa M.
A1  - Haner, Murat
SP  - 1606
EP  - 1626
VL  - 60
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-0955
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azaa045
ID  - ref1
ER  -