Terrorism includes acts committed on U.S. soil by domestic groups. Identify three of the individuals or groups responsible for acts of domestic terrorism and explain their goals

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Right-wing extremists have emerged as a serious terrorist threat in and directed towards the citizens of the U.S. Acts by these groups include random shootings, bombings, assassinations, and bank robberies. Neo-Nazis use terrorist acts to harass and intimidate people of color and people of the Jewish faith. Their goal is to eradicate all people of color and all Jews as they believe these groups to be inferior to the white race. Anti-abortionists have bombed abortion clinics and assassinated doctors who perform abortions. This group believes abortion to be murder—a crime and an immoral behavior that must be stopped. Extreme animal rights activists have bombed clinics that test products on animals. As with the others mentioned, the goal is to stop what they consider to be criminal and immoral acts committed on animals and the means to stopping it is with violent acts of terrorism.

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Bob and George planned to rob a series of houses in a local neighborhood. In addition to casing the neighborhood, the men carefully planned which night they would burglarize each particular house, and they gathered tools specific to each burglary. Additionally, they based their decisions of what house to burglarize on a given day on details they learned about the residents’ schedules. The night before the planned burglary of the Smiths’ house, Bob and George cased the house once more. The following evening, they went back to the house at 8 p.m., expecting the Smiths to be gone for the evening. To their surprise, the Smiths were at home.

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Discuss how race/ethnicity might be tied to the idea of unequal treatment in the juvenile justice process, and analyze that relationship using specific examples.

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Which of the following collects information from member countries about crime rates and the operations of the criminal justice systems?

a. Uniform Crime Report (UCR) b. International Crime Victimization Survey (ICVS) c. National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) d. United Nations Surveys of Crime and Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (CTS)

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