1. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 is named after what two victims of hate crimes?
Answer: Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention
2. The __________ Act of 1990 is part of the UCR program.
Answer: Hate Crime Statistics
3. A hate crime is an offense that must be __________ by an individual with a bias against the victim’s race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and/or ethnicity/national origin.
Answer: motivated
4. __________ theory was applied to understanding hate crimes against the Amish.
Answer: Routine activities
Learning Check 15.2
1. __________ includes terrorist acts that transpire due to the direct, or indirect, guidance of the state or government.
Answer: State-sponsored terrorism
2. The term “terrorism” originated from the reign of terror that prevailed during the __________.
Answer: French Revolution
3. The traditional terrorist organization comprised of __________.
Answer: cells
4. One theoretical model that could enhance our understating of terrorism, used in the military for teaching, training, and operational studies, is __________.
Answer: game theory
Learning Check 15.3
1. The establishment of the __________ was considered the most noteworthy transformation of the U.S. government in more than 50 years.
Answer: Office of Homeland Security
2. The problem of __________ arose when agencies involved in the reorganization not only acquired new responsibilities but also were to continue with their agencies’ missions prior to the merge.
Answer: mission distortion
3. One of the most controversial of the government policies in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks is the __________.
