What is a Delinquency?

What will be an ideal response?


In the broadest usage, juvenile actions or conduct in violation of criminal law, juvenile status offenses, and other juvenile misbehavior.

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A police department should be an efficiency instrument, a bureaucratic machine that maximizes its output within rules set by the community

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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________ believed that individuals from the lower class had different values, norms, and beliefs than those held by the middle class.

A. Agnew B. Shaw and McKay C. Cohen D. Merton E. Cloward and Ohlin

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Police officers may open and search containers found inside a vehicle when:

a. The officer has probable cause to believe that the vehicle contains contraband b. The officer has reasonable suspicion that the closed containers contain contraband c. The officer has probable cause to believe that the container houses the object of the search d. The officer has a reasonable suspicion that the container houses the object of the search

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Most states have extended the same legal rights enjoyed by adults at parole revocation hearings to juveniles who are in danger of losing their aftercare privileges

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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