Describe how girls differ from boys with respect to juvenile offending.

What will be an ideal response?


Examples include: girls are more often arrested for less serious offenses. Girls are more likely to have been victims of sexual abuse. A high number of girls are involved in gangs. Judicial “double standards” result in girls being detained and incarcerated for status offenses more often.

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There is continuing evidence showing that police officers and managers are willing to accept nontraditional images of police work

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Many of bin Laden's family fled to the border region with Pakistan, but the exact location of bin Laden had never been discovered until 2011

a. True b. False

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What is a difference between a pre-plea process and a post-plea process for specialty courts?

A. Charges are dropped for successful completion of a pre-plea diversion program, whereas guilty pleas are vacated for post-plea programs. B. Post-plea processes are not eligible for diversion programs until they are convicted and serve 10% of their original sentence. C. If the diversion program is not completed, defendants in pre-plea programs will go to trial, while defendants in post-plea programs will go to jail. D. Pre-plea programs are only available for nonviolent offenders, whereas post-plea programs are eligible for some violent offenses.

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In 1941, August Vollmer developed a formula for assigning patrol officers on the basis of a workload formula that reflected reported crime and calls for service in each area.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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