Why are juvenile court dependency procedures important for victims to understand? If you could change one thing about the civil justice system that would help victims, what would it be?
What will be an ideal response?
If there are juveniles involved it is important that the victim understand what is going to happen or what could happen so that the victim can make intelligent decisions regarding his or her course of action.
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Which of the following would you seek if you wanted your neighbor to stop dumping hazardous materials in the stream behind your houses?
A) damages B) injunctive relief C) culpability D) justification
Half of all police departments have policing goals
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Define and explain private disputes and identify the parties involved.
What will be an ideal response?
An important problem with the patterns-of-crime approach is that:
a. many crimes are not reported by victims or recorded by the police. b. it is difficult to follow the members of a cohort over the years without losing track of many of them. c. the police often alter their records before allowing criminologists to use them. d. interviewed criminals may not be representative of all criminals.