A criminal offense committed against a person, property, or society that is motivated, in wholeor in part, by the offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity/national origin is known as a(n)
________________ crime. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Hate
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Low IQ is considered a risk factor for future juvenile violence? 2. In the school-associated deaths that involved a firearm, the firearm generally came from the perpetrator’s home or from a friend/relative. 3. According to the 2015 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, about 10% of 11- to 17-year-old students experienced some form of physical dating violence. 4. Sexual bullying involves being left out or completely ignored on purpose? 5. Many teenagers are becoming involved in relationships that are based on the fear, intimidation, and assaultive behavior.
Preparedness planning at the local level is extremely important because
a. The private sector is the sector of society most affected when a terrorist incident occurs. b. Most terrorist attacks are directed against private property and businesses. c. Most casualties are suffered among civilians. d. All of the above.
What is procedural criminal law?
What will be an ideal response?
Leo Lincoln has made a series of bad decisions since losing his job two years ago. In the past two years, he has been arrested three times for various crimes, including drug possession, possession of illegal firearms, and most recently, aggravated assault. He also has spent much of the past two years either in jail or on probation. At his sentencing hearing after his recent conviction for aggravated assault, the judge sentenced Leo to life in prison based on the result of laws in the state of California, which call for the doubling of the sentences of felons who have two prior convictions for serious crimes. Collectively, laws created to sentence repeat offenders like Leo to lengthy prison terms are referred to as:
A. truth-in-sentencing laws. B. mandatory sentencing laws. C. Rockefeller drug laws. D. preventive detention laws.