REU Site: The Scope and Consequences of Hate Crime Victimization in the South

REU 网站：南方仇恨犯罪受害的范围和后果

• 批准号: 2050161
• 负责人: Tusty ten Bensel
• 金额: $ 32.5万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas Little Rock
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-08-01 至 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2050161&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Scope; Consequences; Hate

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the SBE Directorate. It has both scientific and societal benefits, and integrates research and education. The REU site in the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology (SCJC-REU) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to engage in an immersive research experience examining hate crimes in the South. Funded by the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the SBE Directorate, this SCJC-REU site engages students in a collaborative research environment to gain an understanding of the research process through experiential learning, field experience, and working with experienced faculty mentors and graduate students on an emerging issue within criminal justice. This project, REU Site: The Scope and Consequences of Hate Crime Victimization in the South, focuses on the extent and scope of hate crimes, discrimination, and stigmatization. Over three years, each cohort of students work on a different aspect of this project. In Year 1 (2022), the focus is on experiences, perceptions, and concerns with regards to stigmatization and victimization based. In Year 2 (2023), the SCJC-REU team examines the extent and scope of hate crimes in Arkansas through the distribution and analysis of a statewide survey. In Year 3 (2024), the policies, procedures, and decision-making processes of the law enforcement who handle hate crime incidents in Arkansas are explored, in addition to the perceptions of lawmakers and the obstacles in passing hate crime legislation in Arkansas. Through these projects, students learn how to conduct meaningful research that can contribute positively to the NSF’s mission to promote public welfare by heightening public awareness of hate crimes along with obstacles to social integration, reporting, and seeking support after experiencing hate crimes.The SCJC-REU provides students the opportunity for in-depth mentorship in theory, skills, and application to cultivate research curiosity, to build experiences conducting independent research, and apply research to real-world issues. Specifically, the goals are to: 1) recruit participants with an interest in social research, especially, but not limited to, underrepresented undergraduate students, 2) provide and cultivate experiences that involve theory, research skills, and application, 3) increase knowledge about substantive areas, methodological techniques, and increase participants’ ability to conduct independent research through hands-on research experiences, 4) strengthen professional skills through a series of interactive workshops, invited expert speakers, and interactions with criminal justice professionals, 5) inspire and motivate students to continue conducting research, and 6) prepare students to apply to and attend graduate school in criminology, criminal justice, or related disciplines.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目由SBE董事会的本科生研究经验（REU）网站计划资助。它具有科学和社会效益，并将研究和教育结合起来。位于小石城的阿肯色州大学刑事司法和犯罪学学院（SCJC-REU）的REU网站为本科生提供了参与沉浸式研究体验的机会，研究南方的仇恨犯罪。由SBE董事会的本科生研究经验（REU）网站计划资助，这个SCJC-REU网站让学生在协作研究环境中通过体验式学习，实地经验以及与经验丰富的教师导师和研究生合作来了解研究过程刑事司法中的一个新兴问题。本项目，REU研究中心：《南方仇恨犯罪受害的范围和后果》侧重于仇恨犯罪、歧视和污名化的程度和范围。在三年多的时间里，每一批学生都在这个项目的不同方面工作。在第一年（2022年），重点是经验，看法和关注有关的污名化和受害的基础。在第2年（2023年），SCJC-REU团队通过全州调查的分布和分析，研究了阿肯色州仇恨犯罪的程度和范围。在第3年（2024年），政策，程序和执法谁处理仇恨犯罪事件在阿肯色州的决策过程进行了探讨，除了立法者的看法和障碍，通过仇恨犯罪立法在阿肯色州。通过这些项目，学生们学习如何进行有意义的研究，可以积极促进NSF的使命，通过提高公众对仇恨犯罪的认识，沿着社会融合的障碍，报告，并在经历仇恨犯罪后寻求支持。SCJC-REU为学生提供理论，技能和应用方面的深入指导，以培养研究好奇心，积累进行独立研究的经验，并将研究应用于现实世界的问题。具体而言，目标是：1）招募对社会研究感兴趣的参与者，特别是但不限于代表性不足的本科生，2）提供和培养涉及理论，研究技能和应用的经验，3）增加有关实质性领域，方法技术的知识，并通过实践研究经验增加参与者进行独立研究的能力，4）通过一系列互动研讨会，邀请专家演讲，以及与刑事司法专业人员的互动，加强专业技能，5）启发和激励学生继续进行研究，以及6）准备学生申请并参加犯罪学，刑事司法，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。