Hate Crime in Austria: Prejudice and hostility against minority groups. Results from the ISRD-4 study.

• In Event: ISRD Panel 4: Focus on Victimisation

Abstract

Hate crime has been defined as any hate incident, which constitutes a criminal offence, perceived by the victim or any other person, as being motivated by prejudice or hate. The police collect data on offences, perpetrators and victims as bearers of stigmatizing characteristics, including ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, disability, gender identity, social status and worldview. In addition to official crime data, self-report surveys have the potential to collect further information about the socio-demographic background of offenders, the victim's commitment to marginalised groups and the experience of discrimination due to their group affiliation.
This paper presentation discusses data on hate crime and discrimination from the Austrian sample of the ISRD survey conducted in 2022. The analysis shows that 16% of juveniles say they have been victims of personal hate crime in the past (17% online hate crime). Somewhat surprising, discrimination due to "physical appearance" was among the most important motifs for the offence. More results will be presented in this presentation.

Author

• Günter Stummvoll, Institute for Conflict Research Vienna