Hate-motivated Crime/Incidents Against Asians in the United States of America

A Systematic Review

Kim, Chunrye
Lee, Claire Seungeun
Lim, Hyeyoung

¹Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, 6557Saint Joseph's University, 5100 City Ave, Post Hall 133, Philadelphia, PA, 19131-1308, USA
²School of Criminology and Justice Studies14710University of Massachusetts Lowell, 113 Wilder St, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA
³Department of Criminal Justice9968University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1201 University Blvd., UBOB 210, Birmingham, AL 35294-4562, USA

Chunrye Kim, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, Saint Joseph's University, 5100 City Ave, Post Hall 133, Philadelphia, PA, 19131-1308, USA. Email: [email protected]

Race and Justice 13(1):p 9-31, January 2023. | DOI: 10.1177/21533687221117280

Although hate-motivated incidents and crimes against Asians are not a new phenomenon, there has been a lack of scholarly attention on the topic. Using a systematic review, we examine, assess, and analyze 23 published peer-reviewed articles that have explored hate-motivated crime/incidents against Asians in the United States of America between 2000 and 2020. We found all studies included in this systematic review examined microaggressions and/or discrimination, and tended to lump all different Asian subgroups into “Asians.” In addition, most studies focused on the consequences of hate-motivated incidents, such as mental and physical health. We suggest a future research agenda and direction that fills the gap in scholarly journal articles on Asian hate-motivated incidents in the United States.