Distinguish between the status of being an alcoholic and the crime of public intoxication

What will be an ideal response?


• It is not illegal to be an alcoholic or to be intoxicated.
• It is illegal, in narrow circumstances, to be publicly intoxicated and cause a disturbance or to place other persons in jeopardy due to intoxication. These laws vary state by state and the trend is to take habitual drunkards to a medical facility for temporary observation rather than to arrest for a crime.

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_________ is an attempt by youths to escape reality by believing they do not know the truth, which is often less painful then admitting it

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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What is the two-tailed research hypothesis in the example above?

What will be an ideal response?

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What is required for words to qualify as accomplice actus reus?

a. if they encourage the commission of the crime b. if they approve the commission of the crime c. if they encourage and approve the commission of the crime d. none of these are required, words alone qualify as accomplice actus reus

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_____ are civil and/or political rights that are lost temporarily in some cases, or permanently in others, following a felony conviction

a. Civil infractions b. Collateral contacts c. Collateral consequences d. Due process rights

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