Publications: Youth and hate crime

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Savoia, E., Su, M., Harriman, N. & Testa, M.A., 'Evaluation of A School Campaign to Reduce Hatred' (2019), Journal for Deradicalization, (21), pp. 43-83
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Schicchi, D., Upadhyaya, A., Fisichella, M. & Taibi, D., 'Using ChatGPT to Enhance Students’ Behavior in Social Media via the Moral Foundation Theory' (2023), Proceedings of the First International Workshop on High-performance Artificial Intelligence Systems in Education co-located with 22nd International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA 2023)
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Sciurba, K., 'Depicting Hate: Picture Books and the Realities of White Supremacist Crime and Violence' (2020), Teachers College Record, 122(8), pp. 117-143
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Sengül, H., 'University Students’ Perceptions and Reactions to Cyberbullying on Social Media: The Case of Türkiye' (2024), Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy [online]
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Seymore, K. Pease, B., Strid, S. & Hearn, J. (Eds.), 'Interconnecting the Violences of Men: Continuities and Intersections in Research, Policy and Activism' (2024), London: Routledge
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Sharif, M.Z., Truong, M., Alam, O., Dunn K., Nelson J., Kavanagh A., Paradies, Y. & Priest, N., 'The association between experiences of religious discrimination, social-emotional and sleep outcomes among youth in Australia' (2021), SSM - Population Health, 15, 100883
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Sigelman, C.K., Lane, J.D. & Friedman, S.L., 'Negative Beliefs, Sentiments, and Discriminatory Behavior Toward Jews: A Developmental Review' (2025), Review of General Psychology, 10892680251382811
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Simpson, R.M., '‘Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Children?’ Hate Speech, Harm, and Childhood' (2019), Law and Philosophy, 38(1), pp.79-108
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Singh, A., Dandona, A. & Sharma, V., 'Societal Refutation and Hate Crimes: Thematic Analysis of Exoticization and Victimization Experiences Among Young Trans People in India' (2022), Youth Voice Journal, 12
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Soares, N., Allely, C.S., Straub, F. & Penner, M., 'Autism Spectrum Disorder, Extremism, and the Role of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric Clinicians' (2022), Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, October/November 2022, 43(8), pp. 480-488
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Sosa-Provencio, M.A., 'Seeking a Culturally Relevant Ethic of Care for Mexican/Mexican American Youth: a revolucionista ethic of care and its wily, tactical mechanism of humor' (2025), Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 19(51), pp. 1–18
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Sportelli, C., Cicirelli, P.G., Paciello, M., Corbelli, G. & D'Errico, F., '“Let’s Make the Difference!” Promoting Hate Counter-Speech in Adolescence Through Empathy and Digital Intergroup Contact' (2025), Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 35(1), e70028
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Staubli, S. & Kivivuori, J., 'Youth crime victimization and religion: Observations from Finland and Switzerland' (2017), Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention, pp. 1-10
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Stefanelli, F., Menesini, E., Nocentini, A. & Palladino, B.E., 'Exposure to and Speaking Up Against Online Ethnic Hate Speech: The Role of Xenophobia in a Three-Wave Longitudinal Study' (2023), Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking [online]
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Strohmeier, D. & Gradinger, P., 'Teachers’ knowledge and intervention strategies to handle hate-postings' (2021), European Journal of Developmental Psychology [online]
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Strohmeier, D., Gradinger, P. & Yanagida, T., 'The Role of Intrapersonal-, Interpersonal-, Family-, and School-Level Variables in Predicting Bias-Based Cybervictimization' (2021), Journal of Early Adolescence [online]
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Stummvoll, G., Meyer, L. & Kuschej, H., 'Hate Crime Among Juveniles in Austria: Survey Results From the ISRD-4 Study' (2025), Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice [online]
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Suárez-Álvarez, R., Catalina-García, B. & García-Jiménez, A., 'Hate speech dichotomy in X. Polarization of tweets and comments on climate change and youth | Dicotomía del discurso de odio en X. Polarización de tuits y comentarios sobre el cambio climático y los jóvenes' (2025), Estudios Sobre El Mensaje Periodistico, 31(2), pp. 299–311
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Talusan, L.A., 'Hate crimes and violence' (2024), in G.P. Koocher, A.M. La Greca, O. Moorehead-Slaughter & N.N. Lopez (Eds.) The Parents' Guide to Psychological First Aid: Helping Children and Adolescents Cope With Predictable Life Crises (pp. 180–185), New York: Oxford University Press
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Testa, A., Maidano, M. & Borović, H., 'Football and Violent Extremism: An Ethnographic Study of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Ultras' (2024), London: Routledge
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Tomsen, S., 'Crime, Violence and Masculinities: Research Paths and Understanding' (2024), London: Routledge
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Trupia, F., 'Believing and belonging? Religious salience and politicality of young Bosnian Muslims in the time of Islamophobia' (2025), Southeast European and Black Sea Studies [online]
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Turner, N., Holt, T.J., Brewer, R., Cale, J. & Goldsmith, A., 'Exploring the Relationship between Opportunity and Self-Control in Youth Exposure to and Sharing of Online Hate Content' (2022), Terrorism and Political Violence [online]
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Turner, S.L., 'Pediatric healthcare professionals’ attitudes and beliefs about weight stigma: A descriptive study' (2024), Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 75, pp. 64–71
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Uddin, N. & Arif, D. (Eds.), 'Refugees and the Media: Local and Global Perspectives' (2024), Cham: Palgrave Macmillan
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Ullmann, S. & Tomalin, M. (Eds.), 'Counterspeech: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Countering Dangerous Speech' (2023), London: Routledge
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Valcarcel, A.S., Fernández, E.G. & Ranea-Triviño, B., 'Perceptions, experiences, and positions on gender violence in social media. Results of a survey of Andalusian young people | Percepções, experiências e posicionamentos sobre a violência de gênero nas redes sociais. Resultados de uma pesquisa com jovens Andaluzes' (2024), Comunicacion y Sociedad (Mexico), (21), e8676
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Valdimarsdóttir, M., 'Hate Crime Victimization Among Youth in Iceland: The Role of Immigrant Background and Classroom Diversity' (2025), Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, 41(4), pp. 787–800
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Valerio, L.M. & Soria, A.M.M., 'Influencers and hate messages: Young people and consumption of self-censored content | [Influencers y mensajes de odio: Jóvenes y consumo de contenidos autocensurados]' (2021), Prisma Social, 34, pp. 4-39
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van Wieringen, L., Weggemans, D. & Liem, M., '‘Tell them if they race-mix, they will rot in hell’: right-wing extremists’ narratives on children’s ideological socialization' (2025), Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression [online]
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Vega-Salas, M.J., Hermosilla-Llanca, D., Avilés-Peña, V., Ulloa-Vallejos, C. & Espinosa-Repenning, A., 'Weight stigma among Chilean university students | Estigmatización por peso en estudiantes universitarios Chilenos' (2024), Revista Chilena de Nutricion, 51(2), pp. 128–136
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Villegas Lirola, F. & Rodriguez Martinez, P., 'The Mediation (Emotional Self-Control) and Moderation (Fun) of the Relationship Between Receiving and Perpetrating Hate Speech Among Boys and Girls in Almeria (Spain)' (2025), Social Sciences, 14(6), 349
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Wachs, S., Bilz, L., Wettstein, A. & Espelage, D.L., 'Validation of the multidimensional bystander responses to racist hate speech scale and its association with empathy and moral disengagement among adolescents' (2023), Aggressive Behavior [online]
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Wachs, S., Bilz, L., Wettstein, A., Wright, M.F., Kansok-Dusche, J., Krause, N. & Ballaschk, C., 'Associations Between Witnessing and Perpetrating Online Hate Speech Among Adolescents: Testing Moderation Effects of Moral Disengagement and Empathy' (2022), Psychology of Violence [online]
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Wachs, S., Bilz, L., Wettstein, A., Wright, M.F., Krause, N., Ballaschk, C. & Kansok-Dusche, J., 'The Online Hate Speech Cycle of Violence: Moderating Effects of Moral Disengagement and Empathy in the Victim-To-Perpetrator Relationship' (2022), Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 25(4), pp. 223-229
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Wachs, S., Castellanos, M., Wettstein, A., Bilz, L. & Gámez-Guadix, M., 'Associations Between Classroom Climate, Empathy, Self-Efficacy, and Countering Hate Speech Among Adolescents: A Multilevel Mediation Analysis' (2022), Journal of Interpersonal Violence [online]
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Wachs, S., Costello, M., Wright, M.F., Flora, K., Daskalou, V., Maziridou, E., Kwon, Y., Na, E.-Y., Sittichai, R., Biswal, R., Singh, R., Almendros, C., Gámez-Guadix, M., Gӧrzig, A. & Hong, J.S., '“Dnt Let ’Em h8 U!”: Applying the Routine Activity Framework to Understand Cyberhate Victimization Among Adolescents Across Eight Countries' (2021), Computers and Education, 160, 104026
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Wachs, S., Gámez-Guadix, M. & Wright, M.F., 'Online Hate Speech Victimization and Depressive Symptoms among Adolescents: The Protective Role of Resilience' (2022), Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 25(7), pp. 416-423
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Wachs, S., Gámez-Guadix, M., Wright, M.F., Görzig, A. & Schubarth, W., 'How Do Adolescents Cope With Cyberhate? Psychometric Properties and Socio-Demographic Differences of a Coping With Cyberhate Scale' (2020), Computers in Human Behavior, 104 [online]
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Wachs, S., Krause, N., Wright, M.F. & Gámez-Guadix, M., 'Effects of the Prevention Program “HateLess. Together against Hatred” on Adolescents’ Empathy, Self-efficacy, and Countering Hate Speech' (2023), Journal of Youth and Adolescence [online]
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Wachs, S., Mazzone, A., Milosevic, T., Wright, M.F., Blaya, C., Gámez-Guadix, M. & O'Higgins Norman, J., 'Online correlates of cyberhate involvement among young people from ten European countries: An application of the Routine Activity and Problem Behaviour Theory' (2021), Computers in Human Behavior, 123, 106872
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Wachs, S., Schittenhelm, C., Kops, M. & Wright, M.F., 'Promoting Classroom Climate and Why it Matters in Anti-Hate Speech Prevention Programs: A HateLess Evaluation Study' (2025), Journal of Interpersonal Violence [online]
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Wachs, S., Schittenhelm, C., Kops, M., Gámez-Guadix, M. & Wright, M.F., 'Happiness Through HateLess? Examining the Direct and Indirect Effects of an Anti-Hate Speech Program on Victimized and Non-Victimized Youth' (2025), Journal of Adolescence [online]
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Wachs, S., Valido, A., Espelage, D.L., Castellanos, M., Wettstein, A. & Bilz, L., 'The relation of classroom climate to adolescents’ countering hate speech via social skills: A positive youth development perspective' (2023), Journal of Adolescence [online]
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Wachs, S., Wettstein, A., Bilz, L. & Gámez-Guadix, M., 'Adolescents’ motivations to perpetrate hate speech and links with social norms | [Motivos del discurso de odio en la adolescencia y su relación con las normas sociales]' (2022), Comunicar, 30(71), pp. 1-12
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Wachs, S., Wettstein, A., Bilz, L., Espelage, D.L., Wright, M.F. & Gámez-Guadix, M., 'Individual and Contextual Correlates of Latent Bystander Profiles toward Racist Hate Speech: A Multilevel Person-centered Approach' (2024), Journal of Youth and Adolescence [online]
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Wachs, S., Wettstein, A., Bilz, L., Krause, N., Ballaschk, C., Kansok-Dusche, J. & Wright, M.F., 'Playing by the Rules? An Investigation of the Relationship Between Social Norms and Adolescents’ Hate Speech Perpetration in Schools' (2021), Journal of Interpersonal Violence [online]
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Wachs, S., Wright, M.F. & Gámez-Guadix, M., 'From hate speech to HateLess. The effectiveness of a prevention program on adolescents’ online hate speech involvement' (2024), Computers in Human Behavior, 157, 108250
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Wagner, A. & Marusek, S. (Eds.), 'Handbook on Cyber Hate: The Modern Cyber Evil (Law and Visual Jurisprudence Series)' (2024), Cham: Springer
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Waldrop, S.W., Wang, D., Kancherla, D. & Stanford, F.C., 'Current status of weight bias and stigma in pediatrics and the need for greater focus on populations at risk' (2024), Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 36(1), pp. 42–48
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