Life course persisters may be considered "typical teenagers" who get into minor scrapes, first in adolescence and, later, in adulthood.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

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The government pays so little attention to white-collar crime because members of the ________ do not express outrage over it as they do over street crime.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Joanne is hosting a New Year's Eve party at home for 300 of her closest friends. The caterer employs Charles to work as a waiter at the party

Unknown to the caterer, Charles is Joanne's former live-in boyfriend whom Joanne threw out of the house a month earlier. At the time, Joanne told Charles, "Get out and stay out. I never want to see you again!" At the party, Charles dresses in a disguise so Joanne will not recognize him. While the party is going on, Charles decides to embarrass Joanne. Every time he observes an unattended purse, he takes the contents out and places the contents under Joanne's bed. The next day many of Joanne's friends telephone her, angry at the prank. After much searching, Joanne finds the friends' property and manages to get everyone and her respective property reunited. Charles has committed: A) burglary since Joanne would not have allowed him to enter the house if he had not been wearing a disguise. B) criminal trespass because he entered the home using deception to obtain consent to enter the premises. C) theft since he took the property out of the purses without permission. D) none of the above because the incident was intended as a joke.

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List three forms of transportation, other than an automobile, that are common in policing.

What will be an ideal response?

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Lizzy is 16 years old; she was recently waived to adult court, charged with stabbing her father 60 times and her mother 61 times. Friends and neighbors said they always knew something "wasn't right with that girl." NCC ran a week's worth of debates on their various discussion formats dissecting Lizzy's past behaviors and current situation with their legal analysts. What is this discussion

concerning the link between Lizzy's past and present behaviors called? a. Self-fulfilling prophecy b. Retrospective reading c. Reintegrative shaming d. Degradation ceremony

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