Hate Crimes and Bias Incidents
Reasons why victims may not report hate crime:
A) They may not fully trust the police
B) They have a distorted view of who the police are and what they do in this country
C) They neglect to relay the information to law enforcement officials
D) All of the above
D) All of the above!
The three most common motivations for hate crimes are:
A) Ethnicity, disability, and gender
B) Favorite sports team, religion, and hair color
C) Race, sexual orientation, and religion
C) Race, sexual orientation, and religion!
Race was the motivating bias in 47 percent of reported hated crimes (313 incidents); sexual orientation was 19 percent (130 incidents); and religion was 15 percent (99 incidents)
The three most common types of hate crimes reported on college campuses in 2021 were:
A) Intimidation, vandalism, and simple assault
B) Murder, motor vehicle theft, and sexual assault
C) Vandalism, burglary, and arson
D) Robbery, aggravated assault, and larceny
A) Intimidation, vandalism, and simple assault!
Of the 667 reported hate crimes; There were 300 incidents of intimidation (45 percent of all reported hate crimes),243 incidents of vandalism (36 percent), and 61 incidents of simple assault (9 percent)
True or False
Felonies/misdemeanors are not reclassified once they are determined to have been a hate crime.
False!
A misdemeanor of the second degree is reclassified to a misdemeanor of the first degree.
A misdemeanor of the first degree is reclassified to a felony of the third degree.
A felony of the third degree is reclassified to a felony of the second degree.
A felony of the second degree is reclassified to a felony of the first degree.
A felony of the first degree is reclassified to a life felony.
What is the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)?
A) A non-profit group dedicated to battling racial and social injustice
Or
B) A non-profit dedicated to battling anti-semitism, racism and other forms of bigotry
A non-profit group dedicated to battling racial and social injustice!
They sue hate groups in civil courts in order to drain their financial reserves as a strategy to battle racial and social injustice