All of the following statements regarding assessment tools currently in use are true EXCEPT for _____.

a. they can lead to over-classification
b. the context of risk is not available
c. they fail to capture the unique needs of women
d. they fail to accurately assess female juvenile delinquency


d. they fail to accurately assess female juvenile delinquency

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Under the mere presence rule, an individual can satisfy the actus reus of a crime by being present and watching the commission of a crime. 2. An accessory after the fact is generally punished as harshly as the perpetrator of a crime. 3. Under the Model Penal Code, witness tampering is a basis for a conviction of hindering apprehension or prosecution. 4. A majority of states have adopted parental responsibility laws. 5. The natural and probable consequences doctrine has been rejected by a majority of courts as unfair to an accessory who lacked the intent to commit the more serious offense.

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With regard to deterrence, the author of the text concludes that overall:

a. The evidence shows that individual deterrence works but general deterrence does not b. The evidence shows that general deterrence works but individual deterrence does not c. Neither form of deterrence has any significant effect on crime d. There is little agreement among researchers about whether general deterrence works

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The majority of people under supervision of the criminal justice system are serving time on ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Police can utilize approved and formalized procedures called for by project ________ to get the youths to appropriate agencies

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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