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

1. Without specific definitions, accurate measurement is impossible, making development of programs to prevent and control delinquency and offenses against juveniles extremely difficult.
2. Using the behavioral definition, a juvenile who committed a relatively serious offense but was not apprehended would not be classified as delinquent.
3. There is a dark figure of delinquent activity where a substantial amount of illegal behavior committed by youth is not detected.
4. A basic difficulty with legal definitions is that they differ from time to time and from place to place.
5. An act that is delinquent at one time and in one place might not be delinquent at another time or in another place.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE

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