Explain how hate crimes differ from other types of crime.

What will be an ideal response?


Example should explain that hate crimes are motivated by bias and if there was no perception that the victim belonged to a particular group, no crime would have occurred. Those who commit hate crimes are subjected to harsher penalties.

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What is the name of the terror sub-organization within the Russian Social Revolutionary Party and given autonomy under the party and also called the "Fighting Organization"?

a. Narodnaya Volya b. Bolsheviks c. Boevaya Oranisatsia d. Stalinist

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An alternative informal sanction given to a juvenile rather than pursue a formal action in juvenile court is called a __________

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Consider once again the criticism that the code is too vague. What sorts of pronouncements might you include in such a code if you were to make it more specific? Would that make for a better code? What utility would such a code have that the existing code lacks?

What will be an ideal response?

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A number of states have created ____________ designed to hold older inmates classified according to need.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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