Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 17, 2025

Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex to Experimentally Reduce Ideological Threat Responses
Published on: September 28, 2018
Local deprivation predicts right-wing hate crime in England
Margherita Belgioioso1, Christoph Dworschak2, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch3,4
1School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
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.
Related Concept Videos
Deindividuation
Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
Stereotype Content Model
Fundamental Attribution Error
In- and Out-Groups
Bias in Epidemiological Studies

