A law enforcement officer or juvenile probation officer may not take possession of a child without a court order.

a. True
b. False


Answer: b. False

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The concept in loco parentis means ______.

A. police have the authority to strictly punish a child B. an institution assumes parental status and responsibilities C. police do not have the right to interfere with parental responsibilities D. the state has the power to act as a parent

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Circumstantial evidence is evidence that proves a fact in issue _____

a. indirectly or by inference b. directly by eyewitness testimony c. only by the use of presumptions d. by contradicting other evidence

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_____ have the power to decide the facts and apply the law in misdemeanor cases and conduct pretrial proceedings in felony cases

a. Lower courts c. Felony courts b. Middle courts d. Appellate courts

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When a person or feature of an individual is a throwback to an early stage of the evolutionary development that individual is said to be ______.

a. naturalistic b. primitive c. atavistic d. autistic

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