Discrimination and victimisation of minorities in Spain: The research potential of the EU-MIDIS project

This article highlights the research potential of the European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS), which the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights had conducted twice across Europe by 2021. It begins with an overview of the EU-MIDIS project before concentrating on the seco...

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Autores principales: Lorena Molnar, Marcelo F. Aebi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7d90a85355ba4a959ea6a04cf28890832021-11-25T17:57:33ZDiscrimination and victimisation of minorities in Spain: The research potential of the EU-MIDIS project 10.46381/reic.v19i2.5131696-9219https://doaj.org/article/7d90a85355ba4a959ea6a04cf28890832021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://reic.criminologia.net/index.php/journal/article/view/513https://doaj.org/toc/1696-9219 This article highlights the research potential of the European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS), which the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights had conducted twice across Europe by 2021. It begins with an overview of the EU-MIDIS project before concentrating on the second survey (EU-MIDIS II) conducted in 2015 and 2016 (N=25,500), the database of which is available in open access. The paper focuses on the main findings of the EU-MIDIS II in Spain, where the sample was composed of migrants from North Africa and people of Roma ethnicity (N=1,563). The main findings of the survey provide helpful insights into a form of victimisation that is usually absent in official criminal statistics, yet the Spanish EU-MIDIS II database is a mine of information waiting to be exploited. This article proposes a series of analyses that could be performed, including logistic and ordinal regression, as well as mediation modelling, which could identify the variables that influence minorities’ discrimination and victimisation. Finally, the strengths and weaknesses of the EU-MIDIS project are discussed. Lorena MolnarMarcelo F. AebiSociedad Española de Investigación CriminológicaarticleRomanorth africansurveyminorityrandom route samplinghard-to-reach collectivesSocial pathology. Social and public welfare. CriminologyHV1-9960Social SciencesHENESRevista Española de Investigación Criminológica, Vol 19, Iss 2 (2021)
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topic Roma
north african
survey
minority
random route sampling
hard-to-reach collectives
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
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Social Sciences
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north african
survey
minority
random route sampling
hard-to-reach collectives
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
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Social Sciences
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Lorena Molnar
Marcelo F. Aebi
Discrimination and victimisation of minorities in Spain: The research potential of the EU-MIDIS project
description This article highlights the research potential of the European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS), which the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights had conducted twice across Europe by 2021. It begins with an overview of the EU-MIDIS project before concentrating on the second survey (EU-MIDIS II) conducted in 2015 and 2016 (N=25,500), the database of which is available in open access. The paper focuses on the main findings of the EU-MIDIS II in Spain, where the sample was composed of migrants from North Africa and people of Roma ethnicity (N=1,563). The main findings of the survey provide helpful insights into a form of victimisation that is usually absent in official criminal statistics, yet the Spanish EU-MIDIS II database is a mine of information waiting to be exploited. This article proposes a series of analyses that could be performed, including logistic and ordinal regression, as well as mediation modelling, which could identify the variables that influence minorities’ discrimination and victimisation. Finally, the strengths and weaknesses of the EU-MIDIS project are discussed.
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Marcelo F. Aebi
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title Discrimination and victimisation of minorities in Spain: The research potential of the EU-MIDIS project
title_short Discrimination and victimisation of minorities in Spain: The research potential of the EU-MIDIS project
title_full Discrimination and victimisation of minorities in Spain: The research potential of the EU-MIDIS project
title_fullStr Discrimination and victimisation of minorities in Spain: The research potential of the EU-MIDIS project
title_full_unstemmed Discrimination and victimisation of minorities in Spain: The research potential of the EU-MIDIS project
title_sort discrimination and victimisation of minorities in spain: the research potential of the eu-midis project
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