Background: Asians have increasingly becometargets of bias crime since China was publicly linkedto the COVID-19 virus outbreak. Acts of violencetargeting persons because of their Asian descent arenot new and have included brutal attacks resulting inthe death and elevated levels of fear across Asiancommunities

Gruenewald, Jeff

Ratcliff, Katie

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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Research Projects Terrorism Research Center 3-12-2021 Victims of Anti-Asian Bias Homicides in the United States, 1990-2019 Jeff Gruenewald Katie Ratcliff Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/tercpr  Part of the Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance Commons, and the Terrorism Studies Commons trc@uark.edu (479) 575 - 3206Data: Data on 319 bias homicides targeting 436 victims came from the Bias Homicide Database (BHDB). All homicides occurredbetween 1990 and 2019. Victims were targeted in part or wholly because of their racial/ethnic/immigrant status, sexualorientation/gender identity, religious affiliation, or homeless status. Cite: Terrorism Research Center. (2021). Victims of Anti-Asian Bias Homicides in the United States, 1990-2019. Retrieved fromhttps://terrorismresearch.uark.edu/data-snapshot-anti-asian-bias-homicides/.1990199219932019200119961995COMPARINGATTACKS ACROSSVICTIM GROUPSterrorismresearch.uark.edu 1/1Background: Asians have increasingly becometargets of bias crime since China was publicly linkedto the COVID-19 virus outbreak. Acts of violencetargeting persons because of their Asian descent arenot new and have included brutal attacks resulting inthe death and elevated levels of fear across Asiancommunities.DATA SNAPSHOTVictims of Anti-Asian Bias Homicidesin the United States, 1990-2019Appellee, TX: 2 men chaseand beat a man Coral Springs, FL: 5 menchase and fatally beat aman for objecting to aracial slurOlympia, WA: 2 men staband beat an Asian manwith a concrete blockFall River, MA: Cambodianman beat to deathBrooklyn, NY: Man kills 3Chinese employees with ahammerNew York City, NY: 5 peoplebeat an Asian man to deathwith a brickNewmarket, NH: Asianman beat to deathLaguna Hills, CA: Asian manstabbed to death2000Multiple Cities: Two Asianmen among victims killed inshooting spreeCrystal Lake, IL: Asian manshot and killed1999Los Angeles, CA: Man opens fireat a Jewish Center and killsFilipino-American postmanBloomington, IN: Korean manshot and killed leaving churchTustin, CA: 2 men staband beat a man to deathAlpine Township, MI: Man diesafter being punched in headWhite Offender94% 56%Firearm Usage29% 60%Official Hate Crime Charges64% 38%Occurred in Public Setting88% 75%Similar to other anti-race/ethnicity bias homicides,anti-Asian homicides more often result in hatecrime charges compared to other types of biashomicides.Offenders are overwhelmingly White and aremore likely to use weapons including knives,blunt objects, and bodily weapons than firearmsin comparison to those targeting other groups.Almost 90% of lethal attacks targeting victims fortheir real or perceived status as Asian occur inpublic places.% of Anti-AsianAttacks% of Other VictimType Attackstimeline of attacks

Victims of Anti-Asian Bias Homicides in the United States, 1990-2019

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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Research Projects Terrorism Research Center 3-12-2021 Victims of Anti-Asian Bias Homicides in the United States, 1990-2019 Jeff Gruenewald University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, jgruenew@uark.edu Katie Ratcliff University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/tercpr  Part of the Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance Commons, and the Terrorism Studies Commons Citation Gruenewald, J., & Ratcliff, K. (2021). Victims of Anti-Asian Bias Homicides in the United States, 1990-2019. Research Projects. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/tercpr/24 This Brief is brought to you for free and open access by the Terrorism Research Center at ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Research Projects by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact scholar@uark.edu. trc@uark.edu (479) 575 - 3206Data: Data on 319 bias homicides targeting 436 victims came from the Bias Homicide Database (BHDB). All homicides occurredbetween 1990 and 2019. Victims were targeted in part or wholly because of their racial/ethnic/immigrant status, sexualorientation/gender identity, religious affiliation, or homeless status. Cite: Terrorism Research Center. (2021). Victims of Anti-Asian Bias Homicides in the United States, 1990-2019. Retrieved fromhttps://terrorismresearch.uark.edu/data-snapshot-anti-asian-bias-homicides/.1990199219932019200119961995COMPARINGATTACKS ACROSSVICTIM GROUPSterrorismresearch.uark.edu 1/1Background: Asians have increasingly becometargets of bias crime since China was publicly linkedto the COVID-19 virus outbreak. Acts of violencetargeting persons because of their Asian descent arenot new and have included brutal attacks resulting inthe death and elevated levels of fear across Asiancommunities.DATA SNAPSHOTVictims of Anti-Asian Bias Homicidesin the United States, 1990-2019Appellee, TX: 2 men chaseand beat a man Coral Springs, FL: 5 menchase and fatally beat aman for objecting to aracial slurOlympia, WA: 2 men staband beat an Asian manwith a concrete blockFall River, MA: Cambodianman beat to deathBrooklyn, NY: Man kills 3Chinese employees with ahammerNew York City, NY: 5 peoplebeat an Asian man to deathwith a brickNewmarket, NH: Asianman beat to deathLaguna Hills, CA: Asian manstabbed to death2000Multiple Cities: Two Asianmen among victims killed inshooting spreeCrystal Lake, IL: Asian manshot and killed1999Los Angeles, CA: Man opens fireat a Jewish Center and killsFilipino-American postmanBloomington, IN: Korean manshot and killed leaving churchTustin, CA: 2 men staband beat a man to deathAlpine Township, MI: Man diesafter being punched in headWhite Offender94% 56%Firearm Usage29% 60%Official Hate Crime Charges64% 38%Occurred in Public Setting88% 75%Similar to other anti-race/ethnicity bias homicides,anti-Asian homicides more often result in hatecrime charges compared to other types of biashomicides.Offenders are overwhelmingly White and aremore likely to use weapons including knives,blunt objects, and bodily weapons than firearmsin comparison to those targeting other groups.Almost 90% of lethal attacks targeting victims fortheir real or perceived status as Asian occur inpublic places.% of Anti-AsianAttacks% of Other VictimType Attackstimeline of attacks

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