Any act committed by a juvenile which, if committed by an adult, would not be a crime, is called:
A) a misdemeanor. B) a felony. C) a status offense. D) delinquency.
C
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The second level of Fuller’s (1998) pyramid of concepts he believes makes up peacemaking criminology that ______.
a. nonviolence b. social justice c. inclusion d. correct means
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Prison gangs account for at least half of all prison problems. 2. The courts have always had a “hands-on” philosophy regarding prison administration, knowing that the deprivation of liberty is a profoundly important authority that might lead to abuses of power within penal institutions. 3. The Supreme Court has ruled that prison inmates have a constitutional right to adequate law libraries or assistance to persons trained in the law. 4. Prison inmates have no due process rights for internal prison disciplinary proceedings. 5. One of the most stressful pains of imprisonment, as indicated by Sykes, is the deprivation of goods and services because inmates miss access to food, entertainment, and services they have available on the outside.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1.Child abuse victims are more likely to be involved in delinquency and criminal behavior than non-abused children. 2.Children are allowed to testify through videotape or closed-circuit television in court. 3.Elder maltreatment is abuse of a person over the age of 72. 4.Very little elder maltreatment is reported to police. 5.People over the age of 90 account for close to half of the substantiated elder maltreatment cases.
The entry made by the prosecutor which signals that the charges are dismissed is called nolle prosequi
Indicate whether the statement is true or false