The answer to the question is almost certainly yes. The living standards analysis applied

to bias crimes results in a potential threat to dignity, autonomy, and perceived threat to

physical safety. Theories of Why People Commit Bias Crime

Realistic conflict

 The realistic conflict theory maintains that competition for scarce but necessary

resources results in hostility and conflict between groups (Levine & Campbell, 1972).

The realistic conflict theory is a matter of economics (Brehm, Kassin, & Fein, 2005). If

one group acquires more resources, such as land, homes, jobs, etc, the group with less

resources becomes frustrated (Brehm et al.). The group with resources becomes

protective over their possessions and the resulting conflict escalates.

Relative deprivation

 The theory of relative deprivation suggests that there is more to prejudice than

conflict, as suggested in the realistic conflict model (Brehm et al., 2005). The theory of

relative deprivation supports the idea that the mere perception of an imbalance in

resources, power or opportunity will result in conflict (Davis 1959; Katz, 1981; Walker &

Smith, 2002). For example, what matters to the proverbial Jones' is not the type of car

they drive, but whether their car is smaller in size than the one the Brady's drive. The

theory can also be extended to the perception of job opportunities for one group versus

another, etc.

Social identity

The theory of social identity is predicated on the research of Henry Tajfel (Tajfel,

Billing, Bundy, and Flament, 1971). Tajfel et al. conducted an experiment with high

school boys in Bristol, England. The young male participants were randomly assigned to

one of two groups. The groups did not compete for scarce resources nor were they