Sylwia J. Piatkowska received her Ph.D. in Sociology from State University of New York at Albany. Her areas of interest include hate crime, immigration and crime, and both international and comparative criminology.
Crime and Deviance | Hate Crime | Comparative and International Criminology | Immigration and Crime | Advanced Quantitative Methods
Ph.D., 2016, Sociology, State University of New York at Albany
B.A. /M.A., 2006, Sociology, Opole University
Understanding Hate Crime Victimization and Reporting. National Science Foundation ($236,985), Principal Investigator, 2021-2023.
Hate Crime Victimisation and Reporting: An Analysis of Data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales. British Academy, Leverhulme Small Research Grants (5,000£), Co-Principal Investigator, 2022-2025.
Digital Extremism, Physical Hate Crimes, and Mass Shootings: A Novel Analysis using Natural Language Processing and Econometric Modeling. Council on Research and Creativity, Florida State University, ($21,389), Principal Investigator, 2022-2023.
The Role of Structural, Legal and Law Enforcement Agency Characteristics in Hate Crime Victimization and Reporting. Council on Research and Creativity, Florida State University, ($12,208), Principal Investigator, 2021-2022.
The Effects of the Contextual Characteristics on Racial Hate Crime Reporting: A Multilevel Analysis of Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey. First Year Assistant Professor Summer Award, Florida State University, ($20,000), Principal Investigator, 2020.
Piatkowska, Sylwia J., Laisa Abreu-Rivera*, and Steven F. Messner. 2022. “Immigrant Threat, Political Articulation by Extreme Right Parties and Support for Capital Punishment: A Multilevel Analysis of European Countries.” (Online First) British Journal of Criminology doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azac062
Piatkowska, Sylwia J., Jennifer M. Brown, Javier Ramos, and William D. Bales. 2022. “The Effect of Legal Status on Prison Misconduct.” Crime & Delinquency 68 (12): 2328-2354.
Piatkowska, Sylwia J. and Steven F. Messner. 2022. “Group Threat, Same-Sex Marriage, and Hate Crime Based on Sexual Orientation.” Justice Quarterly 39(4): 802-824.
Piatkowska, Sylwia J., Steven F. Messner, Colin Gruner, and Eric P. Baumer. 2022. ““New Fiscal Criminology”: Crime Rates and the Structure of Tax Systems” Justice Quarterly 39(2): 304-326.
Piatkowska, Sylwia J. and Brian Stults. 2022. “Brexit, Terrorist Attacks, and Hate Crime: A Longitudinal Analysis.” Social Problems 69(4):968–996
Piatkowska, Sylwia J. and Brendan Lantz. 2021. “Temporal Clustering of Hate Crimes in the Aftermath of the Brexit Vote and Terrorist Attacks: A Comparison of Scotland and England and Wales.” British Journal of Criminology 61(3): 648-669.
Piatkowska, Sylwia J., Andreas Hövermann and Tse-Chuan Yang. 2020. “Immigration Influx as a Trigger for Hate Crime: A Temporal Analysis of Hate Crimes in Germany in the Light of the “Refugee Crisis.” British Journal of Criminology 60(3): 620-641.
Piatkowska, Sylwia J., Steven F. Messner, and Andreas Hövermann. 2020. “Black Outgroup Marriages and Hate Crime Rates: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the U.S. Metropolitan Areas.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 57(1): 105–135.
Piatkowska, Sylwia J., Steven F. Messner, and Tse-Chuan Yang. 2019. “Understanding the Relationship between Relative Group Size and Hate Crime Rates: Linking Methods with Concepts.” Justice Quarterly 36(6): 1072-1095.
Piatkowska, Sylwia J. and Andreas Hövermann. “A Culture of Hostility and Crime Motivated by Bias: A Cross-National Multilevel Analysis of Structural Influences.” International Criminal Justice Review 9(2): 141–167.