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Would These Campus Crime Scenarios Need to Be Included in an ASR?

One night, a student with known anti-gay sentiments steals a number of books by LGBTQ+ authors from a campus library exhibit. He leaves a note on the exhibit table that reads, “Gay and lesbian books don’t belong in our library.”

When he is caught leaving the library with a large bag of books, he starts shouting that LGBTQ+ students have been getting too much attention on campus and he was tired of it.

How should this incident be categorized in your ASR?

a) One count of on-campus Larceny-Theft

b) One count of on-campus Burglary

c) One count of on-campus Burglary characterized by sexual orientation bias

d) One count of on-campus Larceny-Theft characterized by sexual orientation bias

Answer on next slide

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