Ch 14 Contemporary Issues In Victimology

Question 1

Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (2001)

Answer 1

Compensation for victims of 9/11 who were killed or injured and their families

Question 2

anti-LGBTQ hate violence

Answer 2

Violence committed against people because of their sexual orientation or identity

Question 3

Aviation Security Improvement Act (1990)

Answer 3

Legislation passed in response to terrorism

Question 4

bias crime:

Answer 4

A crime committed against a person because of characteristics such as race, religion, or sexual orientation

Question 5

bonded labor:

Answer 5

Person is enslaved to work off a debt when the conditions of the debt were not previously known Person is enslaved to work off a debt when the conditions of the debt were not previously known

Question 6

certified certified

Answer 6

Allows victims of human trafficking access to the same services usually given to refugees

Question 7

Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996:

Answer 7

Prevents damaging religious buildings and preventing people from practicing their religious beliefs through threats or force

Question 8

debt bondage

Answer 8

Person is enslaved to work off a debt when the conditions of the debt were not previously known

Question 9

destination country:

Answer 9

A country that receives victims of human trafficking

Question 10

domestic human trafficking:

Answer 10

Trafficking that occurs within a country’s borders

Question 11

forced labor

Answer 11

Victims are held and forced to work under threat of violence or punishment

Question 12

hate crime

Answer 12

A crime committed against a person because of characteristics such as race, religion, or sexual orientation

Question 13

Hate Crime Statistics Act (1990):

Answer 13

Requires that the attorney general collect statistics on hate crimes

Question 14

Hostage Relief Act of 1980:

Answer 14

Provided funding to help hostage victims, their spouses, and their children

Question 15

involuntary domestic servitude:

Answer 15

Victims are forced to work as domestic workers

Question 16

Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015:

Answer 16

Requires that nonindigent entities convicted of offenses related to trafficking and sexual abuse or sexual exploitation/abuse of children pay a $5,000 assessment

Question 17

labor trafficking:

Answer 17

Human trafficking with the goal of exploiting someone for labor

Question 18

Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act (2009):

Answer 18

Included gender-based hate crimes and hate crimes by and against juveniles in data collection

Question 19

Palermo Protocol:

Answer 19

Criminalized human trafficking and established procedures for government response

Question 20

repatriation

Answer 20

Returning trafficking victims to their native countries

Question 21

sex trafficking:

Answer 21

Human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation

Question 22

source country:

Answer 22

A country that supplies trafficking victims

Question 23

transnational human trafficking:

Answer 23

When victims are transported from one country to another

Question 24

T visa

Answer 24

Allows victims of human trafficking to become temporary citizens of the United States

Question 25

Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act (1986):

Answer 25

Provided money to compensate for wages lost during captivity

Question 26

Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act (2001):

Answer 26

Payments made to victims of qualifying disasters and death benefits for those lost in terrorist acts such as 9/11 cannot be taxed