The dispositions for first-time offenders differ considerably from repeat offenders. But how do we know a first-time offender is truly a first-time offender? Or is this just the first time the juvenile was caught? Discuss

What will be an ideal response?


Distinction between juvenile conduct and actual arrest; much at stake; poor record keeping within jurisdictions and lack of interjurisdictional sharing ofinformation/records.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Merely affording an individual the ________ to commit an offense does NOT constitute entrapment

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Criminal justice researchers have ethical obligations to

a. make shortcomings known to readers b. report negative findings c. colleagues in the scientific community d. all of the above

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Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) member Iqbal Singh arrived in Canada in 1991 as an _________ _________ (after hopping through several countries with false documentation). He was subsequently removed from Canada in 2000

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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