Authorities can use police power to hold criminal offenders if they are a threat to society. However, if the power called parens patriae is used to take someone into custody, it means that

a. a person has already committed a crime

b. a person is not acting in his or her own best interest.
c. the safety of the community is in jeopardy.
d. individual rights are more important than societal rights.


b

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What will be an ideal response?

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a. sexual addiction b. binge eating disorder c. impulse control disorders d. pathological gambling

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