@article{ref1,
title="The law of the jungle. the online hate-speech against the Roma in Romania",
journal="Victims and offenders",
year="2021",
author="Molnar, Lorena",
volume="16",
number="8",
pages="1108-1129",
abstract="The Roma people are the largest minority in Europe and, since centuries, have suffered discrimination and hate crimes which persist currently. This paper analyzes 4,136 comments (2016-2020) about the Roma posted on an online open-access forum. Our findings suggest that the factors influencing Romanians' hostility against the Roma are: (1) the general distrust in the Romanian administrations, (2) the feeling of threat, and (3) the in-group favoritism. The article discusses strategies such as the improvement of the citizens' trust in the public administration, pragmatic interventions bottom-up which aim to increase the social pacification, the redefinition of the political correctness, and the application of situational prevention techniques to prevent hate crimes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1556-4886",
doi="10.1080/15564886.2021.1895391",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2021.1895391"
}