Which statement about homeless people in the United States is NOT correct?

A) The top reasons for homelessness include a lack of affordable housing, poverty as well as treatment for mental illness and substance abuse.
B) The top reasons for homelessness among families with children include a lack of affordable housing, poverty, and unemployment.
C) According to National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP), approximately 3.5 million people, including over 1 million school-aged children will experience homelessness each year.
D) Homeless persons do not experience person or property crime victimization.


D) Homeless persons do not experience person or property crime victimization.

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Officers who have adopted the police working personality are all of the following except:

a. Loyal. b. Cynical. c. Authoritarian. d. Cheerful.

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The National Prison Association that convened in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1870 was subsequently transformed into the:

A) American Correctional Association. B) American Society of Criminology. C) American Jail Association. D) American Probation and Parole Association.

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Who prepares the presentence investigation report?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following is the basis of Richard Cloward and Lloyd Ohlin’s theory about the origins of juvenile gangs?

A) Lower-class boys interact with and gain support from other alienated individuals. B) Gang delinquency represents a subcultural and collective solution to the problem faced by lower-class boys. C) Joining a gang is part of the experience male adolescents need to grow up to adulthood. D) Violent delinquent gangs arise out of conditions that encourage the development of a sociopathic personality in adolescents.

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