It typically means that the youth is sent to a program or facility other than a secure correctional facility for juveniles

a. training school
b. diversion
c. disposition
d. group home


b

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The UCR continues to report that African American youths are disproportionably __________ in arrest rates

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Research that seeks to discover the meanings people give to their actions would be conducting which type of research?

A. exploratory B. descriptive C. explanatory D. evaluation

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Dr. Jack Kevorkian became famous in the early 1990s for helping terminally ill patients commit suicide. In one of several trials, the jury decided that although Dr. Kevorkian was guilty of murdering a Michigan man, but that it was with the man’s consent, and it was to help end his suffering. Therefore, they found him not guilty. What is this an example of?

A. mistrial B. Allen charge C. compassionate acquittal D. jury nullification

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An ________ plea is a guilty plea where the defendant still maintains innocence

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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