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Unlawful use of force against persons or property in order to intimidate a government or coerce some segment of the public into surrendering to political or social demands is called _____.

A) bias crime
B) extortion
C) terrorism
D) all of these

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Many more officers are killed in the line of duty each year than commit suicide.

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B) False

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The most common crime on college campuses is _____.

Which occupational group has the lowest rate of workplace assault?

Bias-crime victims and their supporters have been able to improve the response of the criminal justice system in a number of ways. Outline and discuss two of the recent positive changes that have appeared in the criminal justice system with regard to bias crime, and identify the role played by victims and their supporters in forcing these changes.

In order for an incident of stalking to result in arrest, many state laws require that the targeted individual _____.

Unlawful use of force against persons or property in order to intimidate a government or coerce some segment of the public into surrendering to political or social demands is called terrorism.

Improvements in the criminal justice system related to bias crime include police departments vigorously investigating and solving these types of crimes.

A 1998 study estimated that _____ percent of women and ____ percent of men are stalked at some point in their lives.

Domestic terrorism encompasses activities that include acts dangerous to human life such as assassination, kidnapping, or unleashing weapons of mass destruction within the United States and Puerto Rico.

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs suffer the highest rate of workplace homicides of any occupational group.

_____ suffer the highest rate of workplace homicides of any occupational group.

In 2009, the Hate Crime Statistics Act was amended a second time to include acts driven by the perpetrators' prejudices against the targets' perceived _____.

Of those police officers killed in the line of duty, _____ percent were working alone at the time they were slain.

Improvements in the criminal justice system related to bias crime include _____.

According to clinical studies, most stalkers are motivated by vengeance and hatred of the victim.

In terms of the inmate homicide rates, the most dangerous state prison system from 2001 to 2012 (combined) was that in _____.

The most common type of stalking is when the target knows and is repeatedly contacted by the aggressor in a frightening way.

Incidents that involve constitutionally protected speech, no matter how offensive, don't qualify as criminal activity.

Violent crimes are more common than property crimes on school property.