A judge's citation to a status offender who fails to follow court orders is known as:

a. placement.
b. divestiture.
c. contempt of court.
d. adjudication.


c

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Crime is generally grouped into three basic categories. They are:

A. felonies, misdemeanors, and violations. B. malum prohibitum crimes, felonies, and violations. C. violations, ordinances, and felonies. D. misdemeanors, violations, and ordinances.

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Feminist criminology assumes that the underlying cause of criminal behavior by females is the inequality of power between men and women

a. true b. false

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Describe and discuss the differences and similarities between the hands-on doctrine, the hands-off doctrine, and the one hand on, one hand off doctrine.

What will be an ideal response?

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An impediment to obtaining information on youth gang membership is the ______________, since the records of juveniles are often sealed

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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