What is the difference between corrupt behavior and illegal acts? Provide several examples of each.
What will be an ideal response?
Behavior can be considered corrupt when it deviates from the formal duties of a public role for personal gain. All illegal acts are not necessarily corrupt and all corrupt acts are not necessarily illegal. Allan Howe would be an example.
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The communication process involves as the first step
a. selecting a channel c. encoding information b. ending information d. translating information
______ is intended to intimidate or coerce the American population or is intended to influence or affect the public policy of the United States primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
a. International terrorism b. Domestic terrorism c. Foreign terrorism d. Worldwide terrorism
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1.In the past, juvenile court hearings were open to the public and, as such, juvenile records were not confidential. Now, however, hearings are closed to the public and records are kept confidential. 2.Some critics argue that much of the emphasis on victim rights in juvenile cases could deter the primary goal of the juvenile justice system, which focuses on the rehabilitation of juveniles. 3.More than half (55%) of juvenile violent crimes that involved juvenile victims occurred in a residence and 18% in a school. 4.Many victims of juvenile crimes do not even know the juvenile committing the crime. 5.Even though parents have fundamental rights to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and control of their children without government interference, if the parents’ care does not meet reasonable standards or a child’s life is in danger, the state can step in and remove a child from the home and place him or her in a secure environment.
In their cohort study of juvenile delinquency in Philadelphia, Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin:
a. evaluated treatment programs for juvenile offenders. b. administered self-report questionnaires to high school students. c. interviewed a sample of delinquents in juvenile detention facilities. d. examined past contacts of juveniles with the police.