In 1993, this federal office published the Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent and chronic Juvenile Offenders

a. FBI
b. OJJDP
c. NIJ
d. BJS


b

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______ involves a system of mutual trust and obligation between the researcher and the subject.

a. Reciprocity b. Validity c. Reliability d. Triangulation

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________ provide information that is of investigative significance. They may expect to be paid or to receive consideration on charges pending against them.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The adversarial system is said to have developed from the trial by ordeal wherein disputes were settled by having the parties fight each other. The winner was presumed to have “truth” on his side. In a sense, swords were used to oppose testimony

Today, _____ has taken the place of swords to challenge testimony. a. questioning by judges b. questioning by jurors c. an indictment d. cross-examination

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Labeling theory suggests that the primary thing deviants have in common is

a. common background factors such as low IQs, personality issues, family problems, and/or low social class. b. a common history of previous deviant behavior in their background. c. commission of a deviant act and subsequent arrest. d. they share a deviant label and the experience of being labeled as an outsider.

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