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Dyke, N. V., & Tester, G. (2014). Dangerous Climates: Factors Associated With Variation in Racist Hate Crimes on College Campuses. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 30(3): 290-309.

Questions to consider:

1. Why do campuses with fewer minorities suffer from racist hate crime? Please use ethnic competition theory and defended neighborhoods theory to explain.
2. What is the relationship between fraternities and campus crime?
3. How does the results of the research support the effect of ethnic competition theory or defended neighborhoods theory on campus racist hate crimes?

Lauritsen, J. L., Rezey, M. L., & Heimer, K. (2014). Violence and Economic Conditions in the United States, 1973-2011: Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Patterns in the National Crime Victimization Survey. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 30(1): 7-28.

Questions to consider:

1. Is the economic conditions in the US related to rates of violence? How has this relationship changed from 1973 to 2011?
2. How does race and ethnic differences as well as gender differences influence the results?
3. What is the future of this type of research?

Tapia, M. (2015). U.S. Latino Arrest: An Analysis of Risk by Nativity and Origin. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 37(1): 37-58.

Questions to consider:

1. Why are there barriers to studying Hispanic arrests?
2. What are the three contributions claimed by the author?
3. How do acculturation and segmented assimilation function? Are they significant in this study?