What are the two definitions of assault?

What will be an ideal response?


Assault has two definitions: (1) attempted battery or (2) the intentional frightening of another person.

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Hiday (1999 ) theorized that there is not one category of mentally ill offender but rather three major types. The first type is often characterized as which type of crime?

A) Nuisance B) Beginner C) Survival D) A and C Only E) All of the Above

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The ________ are the primary source of statistical data on crime today

a. Uniform Crime Reports b. National Crime Network Studies c. National Crime Information Center Statistics d. State criminal justice surveys e. All of the above.

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A place where immigrants of different ethnicity or cultures form an integrated and homogenous society is called:

a. ethnicism. b. diverse population. c. melting pot. d. racial composition.

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Research on deviance is often ______, focused on factors associated with how deviance is distributed across different groups or factors thought to be causes or consequences of deviance.

a. historical b. experimental c. descriptive d. quasi-experimental

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