After reviewing the data collected from the Boston Police Department, Levin and McDevitt constructed a hate crime typology that included:

a. Hate crimes are senseless crimes, usually committed by a single individual.
b. Hate crimes are committed on total strangers, but are generally not brutal.
c. Hate crimes are extensively brutal; they are senseless crimes committed at random on total strangers; and they are committed by multiple offenders.
d. Hate crimes are extensively brutal; completed against known individuals by multiple offenders


C

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A. Strain theory B. Social learning theory C. Routine activities theory D. Biological theory

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a. Carroll doctrine b. Miranda warning c. Exclusionary rule d. Good faith exception

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A. Franklin Shepard B. Jeremy Bentham C. Michael Rourke D. John Howard

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a. none. The United States does not use the death penalty. b. fewer than 50. c. between 100 and 200. d. more than 200.

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