The main purpose of the reform agenda of the late 1970s was to divert the handling of status offenses from a criminal to a noncriminal setting

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: True

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Recently, the U.S. Border Patrol has returned to the use of which animal to help guard the nation's borders?

A) Horses B) Sheep C) Dogs D) Birds

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What are "urban legends"? How have these "legends" changed over the course of the last two decades?

What will be an ideal response?

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In Illinois v. Gates (1983 ) the Supreme Court replaced the two-pronged test used to assess the accuracy of information in a search warrant affidavit supplied by a secret informant, with the _________________________________ test

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 allows children to use dolls to represent areas on the body where they were violated

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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