_____ are requests for hearings to waive the juvenile court's jurisdiction and transfer the case to adult criminal court
a. Transfer petitions
b. Disposition hearings
c. Continuances in contemplation of dismissal
d. Delinquency petitions
A
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. A crime rate is calculated by standardizing the number of reported crimes by some unit of the population. 2. Nearly all index crimes are mala prohibita offenses. 3. NIBRS has almost completely replaced the UCR as the leading source of official crime statistics. 4. Index crimes can only be cleared by arrest. 5. Police agencies are required by federal law to participate in the UCR reporting program.
Which of the following is true according to Bowlby’s attachment theory?
a. Personality development is tied to modeling of the same sex parent. b. Attachments to significant others and close friends can be as important as attachments to parents. c. Psychopaths are created by overly attentive parents who spoil their children. d. Criminals that form attachments to other criminals tend to offend more frequently than criminals who have more prosocial connections. e. Bonds formed between mothers and their children are most important.
The court case of __________, which involved a former soldier who was deprived of U.S. citizenship for deserting his post during World War II, established the standard for interpreting when a punishment is deemed cruel and unusual.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Gottfredson and Hirschi trace the root cause of poor self-control to:
a. lack of education. c. weak social bonds. b. inadequate child-rearing practices. d. peer associations.