Offenses such as public drunkenness, vagrancy, loitering, panhandling, graffiti, and urinating and sleeping in public fall into which one of the following categories?

a. public exposure
b. public indecency
c. status offense
d. private indecency


b. public indecency

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In which case did the Supreme Court create the ?immediately apparent? requirement for a valid plain view seizure?

A) Arizona v. Hicks B) Horton v. California C) Minnesota v. Dickerson D) Coolidge v. New Hampshire

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Compared to the 1970s, those who go to prison now serve sentences that are __________.

A. nearly twice as short B. nearly twice as long C. nearly identical D. incomparable

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_____ deviants are youth who continually break the rules but are able to avoid labeling

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Some believe a "_________" approach will mostly affect minority youths and enmesh them in an already unfair system

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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