Family violence is generally defined as ______.
a. any assault, battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, or any criminal offense resulting in personal injury or death of one family or household member by another who is related to the victim either biologically or legally through marriage or adoption
b. failure or refusal of a parent, guardian, or other caregiver to provide for a child’s basic needs; the abuse includes harm due to the action or inaction of the caregiver
c. at a minimum, any recent act or set of acts or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, or an act or failure to act, which presents an imminent risk of serious harm
d. the legislative requirement that certain professionals must report cases of suspected child abuse or neglect for investigation to a designated authority within a specified amount of time
a. any assault, battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, or any criminal offense resulting in personal injury or death of one family or household member by another who is related to the victim either biologically or legally through marriage or adoption
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When police arrest a person in the house of a third party, they are constitutionally required to have a/an ______________ warrant, barring an exigency
Fill in the blank with correct word.
With any fraud it is unnecessary for the offender to gain the victim's confidence
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The punitive era of juvenile justice, which lasted from 1980 to 2005, is known as the ___________ period
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Conditional/mandatory release is based on accumulation of good time and is devoid of parole board discretion
a. True b. False