Most civil wrongs are classified as breaches of contracts or _________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
torts
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Street crimes are committed mostly by:
a. Males b. Teenagers and young adults c. Repeat offenders d. All of the above.
A majority of imprisoned veterans are incarcerated for _________ offenses.
A. drug B. property C. violent D. nonviolent
Which of the following is NOT one of the three traditional tasks of criminal justice?
A. Apprehension B. Conviction C. Punishment D. Restoration
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1) Avoid speaking loudly to an older adult as a way to compensate for a perceived hearing deficiency. 2) The multidisciplinary team approach to investigative elder abuse has been the primary response to abuse of older adults for decades. 3) Financial abuse crimes are sometimes committed because the offender wants what the victim has. 4) To date, no state statutes specifically name bank officials as mandated reporters of abuse although they are thought of as the first line of defense. 5) In a study of elder abuse statutes across the U.S., Jirik & Sanders (2014) found that the majority of state statutes honor self-determination; that the older adult could accept or refuse nonemergency protective services in the absence of a court order due to dementia or other specific reason.