_______________ occurs when he or she is placed in a position within a family system whereby they must assume the primary caretaker role for that family, often taking care of both children and adults within that family system. This is common in single head-of-household families where the adult caretaker is an alcoholic or drug abuser and even in some dual adult household families, particularly those that are criminogenic in nature.

a. Child parentification
b. Physical abuse
c. Psychological abuse
d. Child neglect


a. Child parentification

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A) The majority of male jail inmates are defined as mentally ill. B) More than half of male jail inmates are white. C) Over half of male jail inmates have not been convicted of the crime for which they are incarcerated. D) The majority of male jail inmates have a prior criminal record.

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Taking a simple random sample from each of a number of subgroups (for example, lower-income Catholics, middle-income Protestants, and so on) is what sampling method?

a. Cluster sampling b. Stratified sampling c. Systematic sampling d. Quota sampling

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What will be an ideal response?

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a. transporting b. security c. detection d. exposure

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