What is a Diversion?

What will be an ideal response?


The official suspension of criminal or juvenile proceedings against an alleged offender at any point after a recorded justice system intake, but before the entering of a judgment, and referral of that person to a treatment or care program administered by a nonjustice or private agency. Also, release without referral.

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Fiske and Glick (1995) argue that there are two "core" types of sexual harassers, these are

a. the hostile kind and the opportunistic kind b. the benevolent kind and the opportunistic kind c. the benevolent kind and the hostile kind d. the genuine kind and the opportunistic kind

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A higher ________ award may be preferable in certain cases rather than increased alimony because the custodial parent does not have to declare these types of payments as income.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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What is the purpose of a grand jury?

What will be an ideal response?

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What two major paradigms was Hirschi trying to challenge when he first proposed social bond theory?

A. differential association theory (cultural deviance theory) and strain theory B. social disorganization theory and conflict theory C. social disorganization theory and differential association theory D. labeling theory and strain theory

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