Willingness to report hate crimes: How attitudes, police perceptions, and sexual orientation shape bystander response

Chenghui Zhang and Bo Zhang

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2025, vol. 97, issue C

Abstract: While hate crime underreporting is associated with perceptions of police and attitudes toward minorities, less is known about factors that shape bystanders' willingness to report hate crimes. This study focuses on sexual orientation-motivated hate crimes in the US context. Utilizing a social identity theory framework, we examined the interactions of bystanders' sexual orientation, pre-existing attitudes toward sexual minorities, and perceptions of police on their reporting willingness.

Keywords: Hate crimes; Bystander; Perceptions of police; Crime reporting; Sexual orientation; Survey experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102375

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