Under parens patriae delinquent acts are not considered criminal violations
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The FBI's rate of forcible rape is:
a. the number of rapes of men and women divided by the total number of men and women in the population. b. presented as two rates, rapes of men per 100,000 men and rapes of women per 100,000 women. c. the number of rapes of women divided by the total number of women in the population. d. the number of rapes of women divided by the total number of men and women in the population.
A probation officer is referred to as the “arm of the court” because of which of the following roles?
A. serves as court security B. serves warrants for criminal courts C. tracks down absconders D. acts as the court’s fact finder
Bones contain a diary of injuries, diseases, and nutritional deficiencies. What would the bones of the women who, in the 1920s, painted watch dials to make them glow in the dark have revealed about the materials they worked with?
a. The paint they used was a derivative of cows' milk and therefore they had excessive calcium in their bones. b. They needed to work in near darkness all day long and consequently had rickets caused by a lack of vitamin D. c. As they used radium on the watch dials, their bones absorbed radioactive radium. d. All of these choices.
Anomie can be defined as:
a. Disjunction between cultural goals and socially approved means. b. A condition in which society interferes with the efficient development of conformity. c. A structural condition that encourages information. d. The lack of bonding to the moral order.