Define the crime of public drunkenness?
What will be an ideal response?
Public drunkenness is the state of being intoxicated to the degree that one is unable to care for oneself in a public place.
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______ argued that by only examining the outcome of a criminal event, the lines get blurred on who is the victim and who is the offender. Therefore it is essential to examine dynamics that surround the event to determine whether or not the victim in any way contributed to his or her own victimization.
a. Hans von Hentig b. Benjamin Mendelsohn c. Stephan Schafer d. Marvin Wolfgang
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Technology plays an important role at the scene of a homicide and later in the laboratory. 2. An overarching goal of restorative justice is to return society to a previous state not impacted by a crime. 3. So-called “three strikes and you are out” retributive legislation has had clear success against crime. 4. Homicides arising from arguments and confrontations and those resulting from an ongoing and escalating pattern of abuse of an intimate or family member are also the categories most susceptible to prevention and intervention efforts. 5. Homicide and suicide (a form of homicide) remains the leading cause of death in the United States.
In order to convince policy makers to take policy relevant research seriously, establishing ______ is necessary.
a. regulations b. relationships c. procedures d. rules
Another myth is that:
a. Many women see the abuse as a help in defining their relationship b. Since only poor women are abused, there is nothing police can do c. Men are abused as often as women, and more so in wealthy households d. Because many women do not leave their batterers or call the police, the battering cannot be that bad