Which of the following is an example of a status offense?

A. Breaking and entering into a home
B. Buying cigarettes
C. Getting into a physical fight with classmates
D. Stealing a car


Answer: B

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Review the different forms of insurance fraud. Choose which you feel is the most serious type of fraud. Describe the consequences of this type of fraud. Present solutions to stopping it from occurring.

What will be an ideal response?

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This type of law declares what acts are crimes and prescribes the punishment for committing them.

a. substantive criminal law b. procedural criminal law c. sentencing criminal law d. prosecutorial criminal law

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This case may be seen as an example of the criminal justice system failing in which aspect? a. racism

b. racial profiling. c. discrimination. d. equal treatment

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Who was the leader of the Taliban?

a. Sayyid Qutb b. Osama bin Laden c. Mullah Omar d. Abu Mohammed al Maqdisi

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