Running away and underage consumption of alcohol represent:

a. status offenses
b. delinquent offenses
c. stepping stones to delinquency
d. category one crimes


a. status offenses

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Police received an anonymous informant's tip that a motorist would be traveling down a specific road at a specific time, having left a particularly described home

The anonymous informant also noted that the motorist, who the informant specifically described, would be headed in a particular direction carrying drugs to be delivered to a third party at an apartment building. Acting on the informant's tip, police observed the motorist exit the home and drive in the direction suggested by the informant. It would be proper for the police to A) make a stop of the motor vehicle and conduct an immediate search for drugs if police were able to validate some of the informant's information. B) follow the motor vehicle and observe its direction, but the police could not stop the vehicle based on the anonymous informant's information. C) obtain a warrant based on probable cause to search the motor vehicle supported by the information provided by the anonymous informant. Police could then conduct a lawful search. D) immediately stop and arrest the woman for drug trafficking once some of the details of the informant were verified by police observation. E) verify some of the informant's information and, if it checked out, make a stop of the motor vehicle. The police could conduct a brief inquiry of the woman concerning the purpose of her trip and where she was going.

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Which court system will hear this court case?

a. California District Court b. Federal Court c. Magistrate Court d. California Trial Court e. U.S. Supreme Court

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The king or ruler took on the responsibility for those who broke the rules and this was called retributive justice

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A ________ is a set of interrelated propositions that attempt to describe, explain, predict, and ultimately control some class of events

A) hypothesis B) conflict perspective C) trait D) theory

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