Structural Determinants of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

• In Event: Hates Against AAPIs (Organized and Sponsored by Korean Society of Criminology in America (KoSCA) & Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice in the United States (ACCCJ))

Abstract

The present study adopts a macro perspective to explore the structural determinants of anti-Asian hate crimes using data collected from law enforcement agencies in the state of California for 20 years. The structural determinants are measured with group size, heterogeneity, intergroup inequality, and segregation identified by Blau’s theory of social structure at the county level. The analysis is conducted in a context in which the structural determinants of anti-Asian hate crimes are compared with those of anti-Black and anti-Hispanic hate crimes.

Authors

• Yan Zhang, Sam Houston State University

• Lening Zhang, Saint Francis University