Jihadi Attacks, Media and Local Hate Crime

Arbeitspapier

Empirical connections between local anti-Muslim hate crimes and international jihadi terror attacks are studied. Based upon rich administrative data from Greater Manchester Police, event studies of ten terror attacks reveal an immediate big spike up in Islamophobic hate crimes and incidents when an attack occurs. In subsequent days, hate crime is amplified by real-time media. It subsequently attenuates, but hate crime incidence cumulates to higher levels than prior to the series of attacks. The overall conclusion is that, even when they reside in places far away from where jihadi terror attacks take place, local Muslim populations face a media magnified likelihood of hate crime victimization following international terror attacks. This matters for community cohesion in places affected by discriminatory hate crime and, from both a policy and research perspective, means that the process of media magnification of hate crime needs to be better understood.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 12352

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
• Subject: islamophobic hate crime ; Jihadi terror attacks ; media

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ivandic, Ria ; Kirchmaier, Tom ; Machin, Stephen
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2019

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/202698
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET