Compare the rate of female delinquency with that of male offenders. What is the difference in the rate of delinquency and the type of offenses committed? How do you explain the difference?
What will be an ideal response?
The rate of female delinquency is less than males but the rate of female offenders is increasing; so is rate of incarceration; females more involved in minor offenses, particularly status offenses; more females from broken homes than males; rational versus non-rational; property offenses versus sexual.
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a. True b. False
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A. cultural destructiveness B. cultural precompetence C. cultural competence D. culturally proficient
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In its 2003 decision in _________________, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas law prohibiting private, consensual homosexual conduct
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.