Efforts to ensure that juveniles are given appropriate treatment are consistent with the doctrine of parens patriae that predominated in the first half of the twentieth century

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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The limited risk control model of probation attempts to anticipate future conduct of probationers

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Following ______, correctional institutions in the South were devised to maintain the slavery system with newly freed and often unemployed blacks.

a. the Revolutionary War b. the ratification of the Constitution c. the Civil War d. World War II

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One study showed that some batterers had which unexpected physical response to belligerent behavior?

a. Decreased heart rate b. Increased blood flow to hippocampus c. Extended R.E.M sleep cycle d. Lowered inhibitions

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In this text, arson is considered a _____ because it has more in common with those offenses

a) property crime. b) status offense. c) violent crime. d) sanction.

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