Media accounts that engender moral panics amplify deviance and function as:

a. Advocacy for greater levels of social control
b. A warning to the public
c. Assistance to law enforcement to make an arrest
d. A key profit maker for the media


a. Advocacy for greater levels of social control

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Which term refers to supervision by a juvenile probation officer without court adjudication?

a. informal probation b. legal function c. parens patriae d. none of the above

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To secure and maintain public support, the police must strive to deploy ethical leaders to promote and reinforce the direct supervision of front line officers

a. True b. False

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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