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The role of religious contexts on hate crimes, 2003–2017

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  • Shawn Ratcliff
  • Philip Schwadel

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Objective Combining insights from socio‐criminological theories of (hate) crimes and the moral communities perspective, this article examines how the religious makeup of a county—evangelical Protestant, mainline Protestant, and Catholic adherence rates—affects county‐level hate crime patterns. Methods Zero‐inflated negative binomial regressions were conducted on a unique county‐level data set that included reported hate crimes, religious adherence rates, and related correlates of hate crimes for three distinct temporal periods: 2003–2007, 2008–2012, and 2013–2017. Results Results demonstrate that a county's total adherence rate, mainline Protestant rate and, to a lesser degree, Catholic adherence rate are associated with fewer hate crimes. We find no evidence that the evangelical Protestant adherence rate is associated with the number of hate crimes. Conclusion These results support the moral communities hypothesis, extend research on the religion–crime nexus, and highlight the distinction between religious and secular organizations in community‐level crime patterns, particularly hate crimes.

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  • Shawn Ratcliff & Philip Schwadel, 2023. "The role of religious contexts on hate crimes, 2003–2017," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 104(4), pages 535-546, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:104:y:2023:i:4:p:535-546
    DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.13271
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