Belgioioso, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0257, Dworschak, C. and Gleditsch, K.S. (2023) Local deprivation predicts right-wing hate crime in England. PLoS One, 18 (9). e0289423. ISSN 1932-6203
Abstract
We argue that community deprivation can increase the risk of right-wing radicalization and violent attacks and that measures of local deprivation can help improve forecasting local hate crime rates. A large body of research stresses how experiences of deprivation can erode the perceived legitimacy of political leaders and institutions, increase alienation, and encourage right-wing radicalization and hate crime. Existing analyses have found limited support for a close relationship between deprivation and radicalization among individuals. We provide an alternative approach using highly disaggregated data for England and show that information on local deprivation can improve predictions of the location of right-wing hate crime attacks. Beyond the ability to predict where right-wing hate crime is likely, our results suggest that efforts to decrease deprivation can have important consequences for political violence, and that targeting structural facilitators to prevent far-right violence ex ante can be an alternative or complement to ex post measures.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Belgioioso et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Aug 2023 14:47 |
Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2023 14:55 |
Published Version: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.13... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
Identification Number: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0289423 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:202518 |
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