Criminal Justice

Text boox:Multicultural Law Enforcement: Strategies for Peacekeeping in a Diverse Society
Chapter 11 Hate/Bias Crimes: Victims, Laws, Investigations, and Prosecutions
Answer every question separately
1. Write 2-3 sentences on each of the following terms:
a. UCR Program
b. Hate crime and Incident crime
c. Anti-Semitism
d. Anti-Defamation League
e. Hate Crime Statistic Act (1990)
f. NGLTF
g. Target-zone theory
h. White Supremacist groups
i. LLEHCPA
j. Move-In violence
k. NCAVP

2. How data concerning Hate Crimes collected today and how is it published?

3. Check online how many hate crimes occurred in 2013 on the national level, and how many victims (including individuals, businesses and institutions). Email me the pie chart you find.

4. List the reasons which made the Jews a target of hate crimes throughout history.

5. In what way anti-LGBT murders are distinctive from other murder incidents, and what can you infer from the data collected between the years 1997-2007 in that respects?

6. Read the report on: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime-data-collection-guidelines-and-training-manual.pdf. What is the main obstacle in prosecuting hate crimes, and list the 14 guidelines which hilp in classifying a crime as a hate crime.

Final Essay

Choose one of the topics below, and write an essay answering the question. Your essay should be 700-1,000 words (3-5 pages not including cover page and reference page), double-spaced, with a font size of 10 to 12 pt. Refer to the Grading Rubric PDFfor essay grading standards. Submit your essay to your instructor.

Question 1: Describe the ex post facto law concept as well as the statute of limitations, and illustrate how they affect the law enforcement profession.
Question 2: Research Miranda v. Arizona. Discuss the court’s opinion, the related Constitutional Amendment, and how this case affected law enforcement procedures and the rights of the accused.