The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 prohibits the placement of status offenders in secure detention facilities. This practice is known as:

a. preventive detention
b. nonintervention
c. home detention
d. deinstitutionalization


d

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The price-corrected value for Gross Domestic Product is

A) real Gross Domestic Product (GDP). B) net national product. C) per capita income. D) net Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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Ms. Lawson would like to start a program specifically for the African American population. This is a necessity because:

a. they are overrepresented in prison. b. they have a high unemployment rate once they have a record. c. they have a high unemployment rate in the general community. d. they have a high recidivism rate. e. all of these.

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The highest court in the federal court system is the ____________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which element would have legally constituted burglary during the late middle ages?

A) ?an occurrence during daylight hours B) ?an occurrence by an invited guest C) ?an occurrence during nighttime hours D) ?an occurrence involving an item worth less than $10

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