Definitions
This type of crime is motivated by bias against race, religion, or identity.
What is a hate crime?
A hate crime can involve this number of victims.
What is one or many?
This victim's murder helped inspire federal hate crime legislation.
Hate crimes are often rooted in this.
Hate crimes create this feeling in targeted communities.
What is fear or insecurity?
This is the minimum number of victims typically used to define mass murder.
What is four or more people?
A mass murder may or may not include this factor.
What is bias or hate motivation?
This shooting targeted Black church members during Bible study.
What is the Charleston church shooting?
These can influence people to develop biased attitudes. (Name two)
What are family, media, peers, or culture?
Mass murders often influence debates about this issue.
What is gun control / public safety policy?
This makes hate crimes different from other crimes.
What is motive or bias?
When a mass murder is motivated by hate, it becomes ___.
What is both a mass murder and a hate crime?
This attack targeted the LGBTQ+ community at a nightclub in Florida.
What is the Orlando nightclub shooting?
Mass murderers may act due to this emotional state. (Name one)
What is isolation, anger, or personal grievance?
This helps reduce prejudice over time.
What is education or promoting tolerance?
Mass murder is defined by this, not motive.
What is the number of victims?
This type of crime focuses on identity-based targeting.
What is a hate crime?
This case shows both hate crime and mass murder overlap.
What is the Charleston church shooting?
This type of belief system can drive both hate crimes and mass violence.
What is extremist ideology?
Victims may not report crimes because of this.
What is fear, distrust, or retaliation?
Name two characteristics often targeted in hate crimes.
What are race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability?
This concept explains how prejudice can escalate into large-scale violence.
What is overlap between hate crimes and mass murder?
This case about a young man raised awareness about violence against the LGBTQ+ community.
What is the Matthew Shepard case?
Although it is important, focusing only on ___ oversimplifies mass murder.
What is mental health?
The media can unintentionally do this for perpetrators.
What is give them attention or notoriety?