The juvenile justice system falls under ______ law.

A. criminal
B. civil
C. both criminal and civil law
D. neither criminal or civil law


B. civil

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Which court case abolished the sentence of life without parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a non-homicide offense?

A. In re Gault B. Roper v. Simmons C. Graham v. Florida D. Miller v. Alabama

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The right of the police to ask questions designed to locate weapons that might be used to harm the police or other person before providing Miranda warnings has been recognized by the Supreme Court as a _____________ exception to Miranda v. Arizona

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.

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Search incident to arrest is a ________ search that maintains the safety of arresting officers

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

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Conflict theories are not discussed in this chapter because

a) they have not been sufficiently incorporated into psychological research. b) their explanation for crime presumes that abuses of power and discrimination is the cause of crime. c) they are relatively unimportant. d) they are theoretically unsound.

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