In assault statutes, the term ________ means the person attempting the assault is physically capable of immediately carrying it out

A) probative value
B) present ability
C) transferred intent
D) effective consent


Answer: B

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

1. Computers can be used to facilitate various types of crime. 2. Online pedophiles target older hackers and participants in chat rooms. 3. The term hacker was coined in 1990. 4. Steganography is not considered an attack on a computer system. 5. A dictionary attack consists of guessing numerous common passwords in order to log on to a computer system.

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After arrest, and before the charging decision, and offender is ______.

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

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The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 prohibits the placement of status offenders in secure detention facilities. This practice is known as:

a. preventive detention b. nonintervention c. home detention d. deinstitutionalization

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Which test focuses on criminal acts resulting from mental disease?

a. volitional incapacity b. substantial incapacity c. product-of-mental-illness d. right–wrong

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