Identify and briefly discuss the factors that characterize teen victimization
What will be an ideal response?
• The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) samples estimate the total number of criminal incidents, including those not reported to police.
• Males are more often the victims of delinquency than females.
• Younger people are more often targets than older people.
• African American rates of violent victimization are much higher than European American rates. Crime victimization tends to be intraracial.
• Self-report data show that a significant number of adolescents become crime victims. The NCVS may underreport juvenile victimization.
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The dissection of the brain of serial killer ______ failed to locate an organic explanation of his behavior.
a. Charles Whitman b. Albert Fish c. John Wayne Gacy d. Hannibal Lecter
The right to an attorney is found in which amendment?
What will be an ideal response?
In a sneak-and-peek search warrant:
a. law enforcement officials first serve the warrant on the occupants but conduct the actual search while the occupants are not present. b. law enforcement officials seek the search warrant after they first conduct a warrantless search of the premises to look around. c. because of the danger involved, officers get a special warrant that allows them to sneak into the place to be searched without first knocking on the door to serve the warrant. d. officers are allowed to enter a privately owned place without the owner or occupant consenting or even knowing about it.
What happens during the fact-finding hearing? a. Evidence is heard
b. The offender is adjudicated. c. A bail decision is made. d. The case is screened by probation officers.