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.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which of the following statements would represent an example of where a positive correlation would most typically be found?
a. A social group's level of drug use and level of involvement in crime b. A social group's level of educational attainment and level of involvement in crime c. The minimal impact of a gang awareness program in preventing gang membership d. The change in crime rates due to changes in locale
Actuarial methods of risk assessment involve identifying factors that are linked to future behavior to predict an offender's expected behavior
a. True b. False
The police may not make a nonconsensual, warrantless arrest inside a person's home or arrest a guest within that home without:
a. reasonable suspicion. b. information that meets the two-pronged test for reliability. c. justification under the community caretaker exception. d. exigent circumstances.