Discuss reasons a victim may not report a crime to the criminal justice system.
What will be an ideal response?
1) The victim believed nothing could be done about the incident; 2) the victim felt that the crime incident was not important enough to report to the police; 3) the victim perceived the incident was too private or personal; and 4) the victim thought that the police would not want to be inconvenienced with the crime incident.
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What will be an ideal response?
The role of a police officer directly affects the human experience of being a co
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
It is not absolute poverty that is associated with criminality and violence, but rather inequality. This is sometimes referred to as ______?
a. shame b. strain theory c. anomie d. economic deprivation
Unlike adults that are arrested, juveniles enter the system through the ______ branch.
a. intake b. adjudication c. disposition d. waiver