When a person kills another and has the mental state of recklessness, the crime would most likely be:


Answer: involuntary manslaughter

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Knowledge that people are aware of and readily discuss is called ___________

a. ethnography b. explicit knowledge c. common knowledge d. tacit knowledge e. common sense

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The five point scale used in calculating criticality includes extreme, high, medium, low, and negligible.

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

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According to Hazelwood and Burgess, the use of force may include which of the following levels of severity?

A. reassurance, power, anger, excitation B. simple, aggravated, domestic, sexual C. restrained, mutual, intimate, submission D. minimal, moderate, excessive, brutal

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Which of the following refers to English statutes that allowed the courts to appoint overseers over destitute and neglected children, allowing placement of these children as servants in the homes of the affluent?

a. Chancery courts b. Welfare houses c. Juvenile laws d. Poor laws

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