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| political in nature as they involve attempts to assert or preserve the dominance of one group over another. |
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| T/F: Offical data was collected on hate crimes in Maryland in 1979. |
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| Where is the Southern Poverty Law Center located? |
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| T/F/: Very little information on hate crimes come from the Southern Poverty Law Center |
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| In 1990, what act was passed by congress and signed into law regarding hate crime statistics? |
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| Hate Crimes Statistics Act |
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| What did the Hate Crimes Statistics Act collect data on? |
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| Hate crimes based on, 1) Race, 2) Ethnicity, 3)Sexual orientation, 4) Religion |
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| T/F: An additional $500,000 was given to law enforcement and other offical authorities to pay for collection of hate crime stats. |
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| False. No additional funding was given. |
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| In 1994, crimes based on what were added to the Hate Crimes Statistics Act? |
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| T/F: There are limitations on gethering hate crime data. |
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| What are some of the limitations on collecting hate crime data? |
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1)Immigrants who don't speak English 2)Culture differences may prevent people from reporting 3)Undocumented workers may fear deportation 4)Gay victims feel vulnerable 5)Difficulty for poilce to distiguish motive for crime 6)Difficult to identitify which of victims attributes were involed in the crime |
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| Table 10.1 describes Hate Crime Incidents by Bias Motivation (2002). What catergory has the highest percent of bias motivation? |
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| What are all of major catergories of bias motivation? |
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1)Race 2)Religion 3)Sexual Orientation 4)Ethnicity/National origin 5)Disability |
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| According to the UCR, what does the most common hate crime incident involve? |
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| According to the UCR, what does the 2nd most common hate crime incident involve? |
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| vandalism/destruction of property (31%) |
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| According to the UCR, what does the 3rd most common hate crime incident involve? |
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| According to the UCR, what does the 4th most common hate crime incident involve? |
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| According to the UCR, what does the LEAST likely hate crime incident involve? (Hint: It rarely happens) |
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| T/F: Most hate crimes are committed by hate groups. |
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| false. No more than 5% of hate crimes involve organized hate groups. |
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-Started after the Civil War. -In 1920's there was more than 2 million members -In early 1970's there was about 5,000 |
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| "New" Klan (related to KKK) |
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-Formed by David Duke -Downplayed the violence. -Appealed to whites who had mainstream conservative views -Opposed to affirmative action and liberal immigration policies -Early 1980's there was about 11,500 members -By mid 1980's members declined due to internal squabbles and competition from other hate groups. |
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| use of threat of violence intended to accomplish a political objective. |
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| undertaken by governments themselves to control their own citizens' behavior or to change political arrangements in other countries |
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| terrorism group run by Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan |
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| belief that humans are simply "ordinary members of the biological community, no more important than" andy othe living creature |
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| movement of people whoadvocate the use of violence and he willful destruction of property in order to "terminante, prevent, or minimize human alteration to any part of the natural environment or its animal species." |
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| interbreeding or marriage between members of different racial groups |
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| T/F: Most Americans favor capital punishment |
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According to table 12.1 (Number of Prisoners by Type of Offenses), the most offenders of the state prison systems are there because of: A) Drug offenses B) Sexual Assault C) Violent offenses D) Murder |
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| C) Violent offenses. 49.3% |
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According to table 12.1 (Number of Prisoners by Type of Offenses), the most offenders of the federal prison system are there because of: A) Drug offenses B) Sexual Assault C) Violent offenses D) Murder |
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| argued that rape was a crime that was unconstitutional to use the death penalty against |
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| According to table 12.3 (Number of Prisoners by Race/Ethniticty and Gender), what race/ethnicity is the majority in prison? |
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| According to table 12.3 (Number of Prisoners by Race/Ethniticty and Gender), what race/ethnicity is the second majority in prison? |
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| If blacks consist of 45% and whites consist of 34.7% of the prison system; Who is over represented? Who is under represnted? |
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| Blacks are over represnted. Whites are under represented. |
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-A black man killed a white police officer. Asked if death sentence could be changed to a life sentence. |
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| Ruled that if a crime was commited under the age of 18, it is unconstitutional to issue death penalty. |
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| Characteristics of capital cases (3) |
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1) typically handled by inexperienced defense attorneys 2) Clients typically poor 3) Legal representation is often weak or questionable |
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T/F: Race of victim is less imprtant than race of offender
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| False. It is more important |
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| T/F: There are more women's prisons than male's prisons. |
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| False. Women have fewer prisons. |
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| Compared to male prisoners, female prisoners are: (4) |
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-Less violent -More likely to form consunsual sexual unions -More likely to form interracial friendships -More likely to be sanctioned fo rminor rule infractions |
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| T/F: Mothers in prison are more likely than fathers in prison to have their parental rights terminated. |
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| Arranges for girls to meet with their mothers to work on projects/engage in structured activities. |
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| Bedford Hills Correctional Facility (NY) |
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-Children spend weekends with mothers -Children spend a week during the summer -Mothers allowed to send audiotapes to their children |
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What percent of incarcerated women are pregnant? A) 10% B) 45% C) 5% D) 69% |
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| T/F: HIV/AIDS rate is higher among female inmates |
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| True. Although, overall more HIV/AIDS cases in prison involve males. |
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| Put executions on hold because judges were giving different sentences for the same crimes. |
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| 2 different trials to get a fair descision (sentence). Reinstitute the death penalty. |
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