Deck 15: Hate Crimes, Terrorism, and Home Land Security

Question 1

All of the following are considered general goals for achieving homeland security EXCEPT:

A)respond to and recover from incidents that occur
B)prevent and disrupt terrorist attacks
C)protect the American people,critical infrastructure,and key resources
D)maintain the foundation of America

Answer 1

D

Question 2

All of the following are considered hate crimes motivated by a person's status as homeless according to the model state legislation EXCEPT:

A)acts that result in the death of a person
B)acts that deface,damage,or destroy,or attempt to deface,damage,or destroy the personal property of the person
C)assault,aggravated assault,battery,or aggravated battery on the person
D)any other crime against the person
E)all of the these are considered hate crimes motivated by a person's status as homeless

Answer 2

E

Question 3

All of the following are considered fundamental rights granted to citizens in the United States EXCEPT:

A)right to private records
B)right to confront witnesses
C)right of access to the courts
D)presumption of innocence

Answer 3

A

Question 4

______ is a communication frame that exposes corrupt or illegal behavior.

A)reportage frames
B)investigative frames
C)contention frames
D)mythic frames
E)cultural recognition frames

Question 5

As part of the Uniform Crime Reports program,the attorney general was required to develop guidelines and collect data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race,religion,sexual orientation,or ethnicity.

A)Campus Hate Crime Right to Know Act of 1997
B)Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990
C)Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
D)Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009

Question 6

All of the following are one of the four significant areas of concern for Homeland Security according to the USA PATRIOT Act EXCEPT:

A)conducting foreign intelligence investigations
B)issuing city-level search warrants
C)controlling money laundering
D)collection of communications information and data

Question 7

A criminal activity that has been linked to terrorist financing is fraud involving all of the following EXCEPT:

A)food stamps
B)credit cards
C)white collar
D)welfare
E)coupons

Question 8

______ involves terrorist activities against the government that are committed by rebellious groups.

A)dissident terrorism
B)criminal terrorism
C)state-sponsored terrorism
D)religious terrorism

Question 9

______ amended the Hate Crime Statistics Act to enhance penalties for offenses that involve a motivation bias.

A)Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996
B)Campus Hate Crimes Right to Know Act of 1997
C)Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
D)Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009

Question 10

The majority of bias-motivated incidents reported by law enforcement agencies were motivated by a(n)______ bias.

A)religious
B)ethnicity/national origin
C)sexual-orientation
D)racial

Question 11

Byers and Crider used what theory to examine hate crimes against the Amish?

A)labeling theory
B)social learning theory
C)neutralization theory
D)routine activities theory

Question 12

______: The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty and the National Coalition for the Homeless advocated for state legislation that includes homelessness in hate crimes statutes.

A)Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996
B)Model State Legislation/violence against people experiencing homelessness
C)Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
D)Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009

Question 13

______ includes terrorist acts that transpire due to the guidance of the state or government against perceived enemies.

A)Criminal terrorism
B)Religious terrorism
C)State-sponsored terrorism
D)Racial terrorism

Question 14

______ is responsible for administration of immigration and naturalization adjudication functions.

A)U.S.Customs and Border Protection
B)U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement
C)U.S.Secret Service
D)U.S.Citizenship and Immigration Services

Question 15

Homeland security is a concerted national effort to prevent and disrupt terrorist attacks,protect against man-made and natural hazards,and respond to and recover from which hazards?

A)all hazards
B)security uber alles
C)meta hazards
D)jurisdictional hazards
E)terrorism and catastrophes

Question 16

All of the following use game theory EXCEPT:

A)businesses
B)military
C)schools
D)politics

Question 17

______ is motivated by engaging in terrorist acts that are legitimized by religious dogma.

A)Criminal terrorism
B)Religious terrorism
C)State-sponsored terrorism
D)Racial terrorism

Question 18

______ is a process whereby funds,obtained through illegal activities,are "cleansed."

A)Fundraising
B)Money laundering
C)Donating
D)none of these

Question 19

______ makes it unlawful to willfully cause bodily injury,or attempt to do so,with a dangerous weapon when the offense is committed because of the actual or perceived race,color,religion,national origin,gender,sexual orientation,gender identity,or disability of any person.

A)Campus Hate Crime Right to Know Act of 1997
B)Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990
C)Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
D)Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009

Question 20

______ are the universal values and legal guarantees that protect individuals against actions or omissions,primarily by government agents,that infringe on their fundamental freedoms,entitlements,and human dignity.

A)Fundamental rights
B)Human rights
C)Both a and b

Question 21

Censorship refers to whether media coverage of a terrorist incident inspires more terrorism.

Question 22

In 1998,James Byrd Jr. ,an African American man,was tied to a truck by white supremacists and then dragged and decapitated.

Question 23

A burglar is caught in the middle of burglarizing a residential home of a well-known area Muslim imam (priest).As the burglar runs from the scene of the crime,he yells a racial slur at the homeowner.The offender's identity is unknown.This is a hate crime.

Question 24

There are documented connections between terrorist groups and drug trafficking,particularly in reference to smuggling pseudoephedrine.

Question 25

Define target congruence.

Question 26

Give two (2)examples of domestic terror threats as defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Question 27

The number of private citizens being killed due to terrorist attacks has increased by 172 percent from 2013 to 2014. 

Question 28

The punishment for arson of a church can vary from one (1)year imprisonment and a fine to death.

Question 29

While a hate crime is not exclusively a federal offense,the federal government can,and does,investigate and prosecute hate crimes as civil rights violations.

Question 30

What are the three (3)general barriers to understanding terrorism as defined by Brian Forst?

Question 31

White nationalists believe that they get to decide which laws to obey and which to ignore,and they don't think they should have to pay taxes.

Question 32

Anti-immigrant hate groups are the most extreme of the hundreds of nativist and vigilante groups that have proliferated since the late 1990s,when anti-immigration xenophobia began to rise to levels not seen in the United States since the 1920s.

Question 33

According to Byers and Crider,why were the Amish perceived as suitable targets (three reasons)?

Question 34

Simulation theory assesses various scenarios by applying simulation gaming models,usually to understand why parties in competitive situations behave as they do and to advise players of the best way to play the game.

Question 35

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center,Klan chapters grew from 72 in 2014 to 190 in 2015.

Question 36

The sheltering group within an umbrella organization does all of the following EXCEPT:

A)develop ideology for the organization
B)manage supplies
C)develop support structures
D)obtain intelligence

Question 37

Much of what the general public knows about terrorism is from the media.

Question 38

Define game theory.

Question 39

The first known terrorist group was the Sicarii,an extremist group of the religious sect of Zealots.

Question 40

Part of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is now part of the U.S.Customs and Border Protection agency.

Question 41

What must institutions of higher education disclose according to the Campus Hate Crimes Right to Know Act of 1997,and why was it created (present the findings from the Congressional hearing)? Why would places of higher education not want to disclose all criminal incidents that occur on their campus?

Question 42

Describe three of the types of mass killers.

Question 43

What two (2)factors must terrorist organizations have to interact with change?

Question 44

In an attempt to distinguish terrorism from other types of criminal activity and irregular warfare,Bruce Hoffman identified terrorism as having what five (5)characteristics? How does this compare with other definitions of terrorism,including yours?

Question 45

Describe the Matthew Shepard or James Byrd case and the legislation that was enacted because of these crimes.

Question 46

The Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 prohibits what two (2)things?

Question 47

Why are hate crimes considered to be subjective in nature?

Question 48

Describe antigovernment groups and the changes in these groups since President Obama took office in 2008.

Question 49

Describe multicide and provide an example.

Question 50

What is the 3-step process associated with money laundering?