What was the purpose of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act?

What will be an ideal response?


The act established the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The office promoted the Massachusetts approach toward juvenile corrections, advocating for smaller facilities and community-based placements and programs.

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During basic recruit training at the academy, the most time is spent learning:

A) criminal law B) weapons and self-defense C) investigations skills D) patrol tactics

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Police dogs are not sent into dangerous locations without their handlers

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The defense that a defendant's mental illness caused him to dramatically increase his consumption of junk food to deal with his problems, and that this made him feel more depressed, contributing to the likelihood of violent actions, was called

a. Twinkie Defense b. Harvey Milk defense c. San Francisco defense d. Syndrome defense

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Which method of policing became prevalent as a result of the 9/11 attacks?

a. police-community relations units b. bureaucratic policing c. intelligence-led policing (ILP) d. evidence-based policing

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