A parent fails to provide food, clothing, or shelter to a child. What crime has been violated assuming that the failure is not due to poverty?

A. Child abuse.
B. Child neglect.
C. Failure to act.
D. Child enticement.


B

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a. Oral b. Written c. Nonverbal d. Only a and b

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The most important new development in policing in the 1980s and 1990s was the advent of ________.

A. an influx of minorities in policing B. community policing C. computers D. cell phone technology

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Most states divide sexual assault into

a. two or more degrees b. three or more degrees c. four or more degrees d. five or more degrees

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Which fact implies that the courts do see nutraloaf as deliberate indifference?

a. The courts not created a constitutional right to "decent prison food" b. The lawsuits have been successful c. Nutraloaf is served at many prisons d. The courts have not sided with the plaintiffs

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