Since the 1970s the trend has been for the states to replace their disparate statutes defining various aspects of stealing with an omnibus statute prohibiting ________ in comprehensive terms

a. theft
b. robbery
c. fraud
d. none of these


A

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A) New York B) Los Angeles C) Dallas D) Sacramento

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As warden of the largest prison in your state, you have begun to request and even insist that the state legislature allocate additional funds to your prison for the administration of prison programs. When you are called before your state legislature to testify as to what benefit these prison programs will have, what might you say to them?

What will be an ideal response?

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________ thought that most delinquents hold conventional values, norms, and beliefs and must learn to neutralize the values before committing delinquent acts.

A. Miller B. Cloward and Ohlin C. Sutherland D. Sykes and Matza E. Akers

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A(n) is a procedure in which juvenile court judges have the discretion to transfer a juvenile case to adult court when certain predetermined conditions regarding the seriousness of the offense and the age of the offender are met

a. automatic transfer b. judicial waiver c. legislative waiver d. prosecutorial waiver

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