Deck 13: Terrorism and Hate Crime

Question 1

This is a criminal offense like murder or rape, but with an added element of bias.

A) hate crime
B) bias crime
C) street crime
D) crime of prejudice

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Who investigates most hate-crime cases?

A) Federal Bureau of Investigation
B) state and/or local police
C) Central Intelligence Agency
D) Dept. of Homeland Security

Answer 2

B

Question 3

For the NCVS to classify an offense as a hate crime, the victim must report at least one of three types of evidence that the act was motivated by hate. Which is not one of these types of evidence?

A) The offender used hate language.
B) The offender left behind hate symbols.
C) Police investigators confirmed that the incident was hate crime.
D) The victim felt hated by the offender.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The UCR records hate crimes committed against which group?

A) businesses
B) religious institutions
C) society
D) all of the above

Question 5

When did state legislatures began writing hate-crime laws?

A) 1970s
B) 1980s
C) 1990s
D) 2000s

Question 6

Which state was the first to enact hate-crime laws?

A) Washington
B) California
C) New York
D) Oregon

Question 7

Which is a criticism of hate-crime legislation?

A) It is difficult for prosecutors to prove "hateful" motives.
B) Hate-crime legislation encourages people to think of themselves as members of specific groups.
C) Regular criminal statutes should be enough to prosecute hateful offenders.
D) all of the above

Question 8

Which is an advocacy of hate-crime legislation?

A) They allow prosecutors to add aggravating factors to a charge.
B) Hate-crime legislation typically allows offenders to be sued for civil rights infringements.
C) Hate crimes tear society apart because they target people for a state of being.
D) all of the above

Question 9

It is possible that hate-crime perpetrators have much in common with _____ in that they are trying to achieve some sort of political goal.

A) terrorists
B) serial killers
C) mass murderers
D) burglars

Question 10

Which theory may offer some explanations for hate crime?

A) rational choice theory
B) strain theory
C) critical theory
D) all of the above

Question 11

This is a criminal offense that occurs as part of another criminal offense or complex of offenses.

A) pre-offense
B) ante-offense
C) predicate offense
D) objective offense

Question 12

This politically motivated violence against civilians.

A) transnational crime
B) war
C) international crime
D) terrorism

Question 13

Which of the following statements about terrorism is false?

A) Terrorism is a political tool.
B) The U.S. government's definition of terrorism is internationally accepted.
C) Terrorism is relative.
D) One person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter.

Question 14

Which of the following is not a component of terrorism?

A) the use or threat of violence
B) a political dimension
C) international involvement
D) symbolic meaning

Question 15

What is the goal of terrorism?

A) individual gain on the part of the terrorist
B) changing the policies of formal social institutions
C) personal revenge for individual wrongs
D) None of these are correct.

Question 16

Which of the following is not considered to be an act of terrorism?

A) the 1999 bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade
B) the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut
C) the Oklahoma City bombing
D) the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center

Question 17

This school of theory explains terrorism by suggesting that terrorists make a rational choice to break the law and use violence to further awareness of themselves and their political causes.

A) positivist
B) conflict
C) classical
D) neoclassical

Question 18

Which of the following statements about terrorism is most likely to be made by a positivist criminologist?

A) Terrorists choose violence instead of peaceful forms of protest and discourse.
B) Terrorists are forced into violence because of conflict resulting from a capitalist economic structure.
C) Terrorists pursue violence because of the social disorder and desperate poverty in which they live.
D) Terrorists make a rational choice to violate the law.

Question 19

During the American Revolution, why did the British consider the colonial soldiers to be terrorists?

A) They were rebelling against the King of England.
B) They did not follow established European standards of warfare.
C) They were comparatively untrained.
D) They were religiously motivated.

Question 20

The ______ wave of modern terrorism, which began in 19th century Russia, was largely concerned with political reform.

A) first
B) second
C) third
D) fourth

Question 21

The second wave of modern terrorism was linked to this.

A) religious fundamentalism
B) anarchy
C) political reform
D) desires for national self-determination

Question 22

This inspired the third wave of modern terrorism.

A) demands for religious freedom
B) the success of Vietcong guerrillas
C) the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan
D) the development of the terrorist cell

Question 23

This wave of modern terrorism considers religious fundamentalism as a motivating force.

A) first
B) second
C) third
D) fourth

Question 24

This term describes how those who lack powerful weapons use deceit and diversion to trick their enemies into making poor tactical decisions.

A) terrorism
B) guerrilla warfare
C) anarchism
D) politics

Question 25

Which best describes terrorism?

A) tactic
B) cause
C) motivation
D) purpose

Question 26

This contributed to the rise of the reactionary Christian Identity movement.

A) white-power terrorist groups
B) religious terrorists
C) political extremism
D) gender-based terrorism

Question 27

Which of the following is an example of a terrorist incident linked to the Christian Identity movement?

A) the Oklahoma City bombing
B) the Centennial Olympic Park bombing
C) the Earth Liberation Front activities
D) the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103

Question 28

What does the Southern Poverty Law Center focus on?

A) acts of international terrorism
B) ecoterrorism
C) hate groups
D) homeland security

Question 29

Timothy McVeigh is best known for his role in which terrorist act?

A) Olympic Centennial Park bombing
B) 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center
C) Oklahoma City bombing
D) Ruby Ridge incident

Question 30

Which of the following is not an example of international terrorism?

A) the events of September 11, 2001
B) the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
C) the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing
D) the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center

Question 31

This Agreement appears to have solved much of the terrorist problem in Northern Ireland.

A) Passover
B) Christmas
C) Easter
D) Good Friday

Question 32

This group makes up the main terrorist group in Turkey.

A) religious Catholics
B) militant Kurds
C) the Taliban
D) Hezbollah followers

Question 33

The Taliban are particularly strong in this country.

A) Turkey
B) Palestine
C) Iran
D) Afghanistan

Question 34

Traditionally, this federal agency was responsible for gathering information on external threats to the United States.

A) FBI
B) DEA
C) CIA
D) NSA

Question 35

Which of the following is not part of the mission of the Department of Homeland Security?

A) to lead and coordinate the national effort to secure the country
B) to prevent and deter terrorist attacks
C) to prepare and respond to all hazards, disasters, and threats to the nation
D) to prosecute and punish known terrorists both domestically and internationally

Question 36

Anti-terrorism resources are primarily aimed at all but which of the following activities?

A) detecting terrorists
B) prosecuting terrorists
C) punishing terrorists
D) preventing terrorist activities

Question 37

Which of the following statements about the USA PATRIOT Act is false?

A) It modified nearly 20 federal statutes.
B) It focuses primarily on anti-terrorist initiatives.
C) Parts of the act are believed to violate the U.S. Constitution.
D) The act is temporary and will sunset in 2024.

Question 38

This is the most important concern in dealing with terrorist networks.

A) organizing military forces to combat terrorists
B) developing actionable intelligence
C) engaging the resources of the criminal justice system
D) globalization

Question 39

Currently, how does the United States classify terrorists who attack the United States in foreign lands?

A) prisoners of war
B) criminal suspects
C) enemy combatants
D) soldiers

Question 40

Explain which critical theories may be applied to hate crime.

Question 41

Discuss why the term "hate crime" may not accurately define what it seeks to define. Can you think of some better terms?

Question 42

Explain why not every criminal offense in which the perpetrator is hateful is a hate crime.

Question 43

Explain how the classical and positivist schools of crime explain terrorist activity.

Question 44

List the four waves of modern terrorism, and explain the main characteristics and motivations of each wave.