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Ten undergraduates from across the nation spent their summer at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, interviewing Natural State Muslim leaders about anti-Islamic sentiment.

5:59 Hear KUAR's interview with the professors who will oversee the study of hate crimes against Muslims. University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Criminal Justice and Criminology Director Dr. Tusty Ten Bensel and Graduate Coordinator Dr. Robert Lytle will oversee the study of hate crimes against Muslims in Arkansas. Credit Zoom The National Science Foundation is funding a three-year program to study hate crimes committed against Muslims in Arkansas. Two criminal justice professors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have been awarded a $324,987 grant, which will enable an ass...

Robert Lytle and Tusty ten Bensel (Submitted by UA Little Rock) Two criminal justice professors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have been awarded a three-year, $324,987 National Science Foundation grant to study anti-Muslim sentiment and Muslim hate crimes in Arkansas. They are Tusty ten Bensel, Ph.D., director of the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, and Robert Lytle, Ph.D., the graduate coordinator for the school. They will examine the context and incidence of anti-Muslim sentimen...

News No Comments Two criminal justice professors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have been awarded a $324,987 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund a three-year program to study anti-Muslim sentiment and Muslim hate crimes in Arkansas.  Dr. Tusty ten Bensel, director of the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, and Dr. Robert Lytle, the graduate coordinator for the school, will examine the context and incidence of anti-Muslim sentiment, ranging from prejudice to hate crimes. The study will focus on the perceptions of Muslims in Arkansas who have been th...