Deck 11: Hate-Bias Crimes: Victims, laws, investigations, and Prosecutions

Question 1

Who is responsible for publishing an annual report as part of the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)which collects data for crimes motivated by biases against race,religion,sexual orientation,ethnicity-national origin,gender and gender identity,and disability?

A) FBI
B) DEA
C) SBI
D) DHS

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What are the potential obstacles to successful prosecutions of hate-bias crimes?

A) all of the below
B) proving the crime was motivated by bias
C) special defenses
D) lenient sentences

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Hate crimes are the most extreme and dangerous manifestation of racism.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The descendants of African Americans continue to be victims of bias,discrimination,and crimes motivated by hate.

Question 5

It is essential that law enforcement work with the community to:

A) reduce fears
B) stem possible retaliation
C) provide an outlet for collective outrage
D) all of the above

Question 6

Hate incidents involve behaviors that,though motivated by bias against a victim's race,religion,ethnicity,gender,gender identity,or sexual orientation,are not criminal acts.

Question 7

Victims of hate-bias violence generally express which of the following needs:

A) to feel safe
B) to feel that people care
C) to get assistance
D) all of the above

Question 8

Homophobia is an irrational hatred or fear of homosexuals or homosexuality.

Question 9

An irrational,excessive,and persistent fear of some particular thing or situation is:

A) phobia
B) heterosexual
C) homophobia
D) bias

Question 10

A rich economy contributes greatly to hate violence.

Question 11

What is a criminal offense called that is committed against a person,property,or society and motivated in whole or in part by the offender's bias against a race,religion,or disability,sexual orientation,or ethnicity?

A) hate crime
B) hate incident
C) bias
D) racism

Question 12

Bias is a preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their race,religion,disability,sexual orientation,ethnicity,gender,or gender identity.

Question 13

It is important to note that those who engage in homophobic acts almost always engage in actions that discriminate against other groups as well.

Question 14

Cyber bullying is the use of the Internet and social media to harm people,primarily fellow students,in a deliberate,repeated,and hostile manner,has become some common that it is one of the most frequent issues being addressed by school administrators and legislators.

Question 15

When an officer hears of an act that can be classified as a hate crime toward Jews,it should be investigated,tracked,and dealt with as such.

Question 16

Verbal assaults on persons because of others' perceptions of their differences are equally distressing to both the victim and to society.

Question 17

Immigrant clustering is where hate crime victims locate or cluster where people of their own ethnic or racial background are already established.

Question 18

Nearly one of three hate crimes goes unreported to the police.

Question 19

The term "hate crime was introduced in the mid-1970's to identify crimes motivated by hate or bias.

Question 20

What are the most effective and successful approaches to building a climate of public safety?

A) established specialized hate crimes or civil rights violation units
B) standardized procedures to prosecute hate crime cases
C) appointed attorneys to be liaisons with various ethnic, racial, religious, and sexual orientation groups in the community
D) all of the above

Question 21

___________ are the most extreme and dangerous manifestation of racism.

Question 22

In the year 2011,_______________ represents the largest proportion of LGBT hate crime victims.

Question 23

The federal _______________ of 1990 encourages states to collect and report hate crime data to the FBI.

Question 24

The term _______________ literally means "against Semites," but specifically refers to hate against Jews.

Question 25

__________ violence can occur when people of one ethnicity or race move into a residence or open a business in a neighborhood composed of people from a different race or ethnicity.

Question 26

Why is it important to address violence associated with hate-bias crimes and to distinguish them from other crimes?

Question 27

Hate incidents and crimes normally occur in a vacuum and are not a manifestation of a larger,social and economic interchange.

Question 28

Why is important to collect hate crime data?

Question 29

A ________ on a person because of race,religion,ethnic,religious background,gender,gender identity,or sexual orientation is an example of a hate crime.

Question 30

A victim of a hate-bias crime,that violates a federal law,can initiate criminal prosecution by reporting the crime to a local office of the FBI.

Question 31

_______________ forbid violence by private parties only when there is intent to interfere with a federally protected right.

Question 32

A ____________ is an irrational,excessive,and persistent fear of some particular thing or situation.