The federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 requires states accepting federal funds for their juvenile justice systems to agree to separate juvenile prisoners from adult prisoners by "sight and sound" and to ________

a. grant juveniles the right to trial by jury
b. establish teen courts
c. deinstitutionalize status offenders
d. abandon the doctrine of parens patriae


c

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a. disposition b. perception c. inaccuracy d. bias

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When the public and police officers identify the role of police as enforcing the law, they capture the essence of what it means to be a police officer

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Discuss social process theories. Include descriptions of two particular theories found within this school of criminology

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following theorists is most likely to assert that criminal behavior is learned primarily in interpersonal groups?

a. general strain theorist c. labeling theorist b. differential association theorist d. social control theorist

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