A parent fails to provide food, clothing, or shelter to a child. What crime has been committed, assuming that the failure is not due to poverty?
A) Child abuse
B) Child neglect
C) Failure to act
D) Child enticement
Answer: B
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The entrapment defense does not apply to
A. Bribery B. Large scale illicit drug sales C. Robbery D. Smuggling
One of the beneficial consequences of Prohibition was a decrease in deaths from alcoholism
a. True b. False
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Laws that addressed child maltreatment did not exist until 1945. 2. The NCANDS and NIS-4 both show that over a million children are maltreated per year. 3. Most child deaths are from abuse and not neglect. 4. Abused children are more likely to be delinquent than those who were not abused in childhood. 5. Most child maltreatment cases reported to Child Protective Services were reporting neglect.
The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program collects trends in crime volume and crime rate per 100,000 inhabitants under the program's _________,
A) National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) B) National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) C) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) D) Victims of Crime Act