Stephanie Zonszein was quoted in Penn Today:
“We know from the literature on hate crimes and criminal behavior in general that the typical perpetrators are generally young male individuals, and those are exactly the type of people who are most likely to be hit by unemployment related to tourism and transportation, the sectors that were most affected,” Grossman says. “These younger people are less likely to be victims from a health perspective, but more likely to be affected from an economic perspective.”
The researchers say leaders play a role in sparking this violence. “We found being prejudiced toward immigrants wasn’t enough to observe these hateful reactions. People needed the support of a leader who was mobilizing that prejudice,” Zonszein says.
The full article is available here.