A common law principle that allows the state to assume a parental role and to take custody of a child when he or she is in need of care the natural parents are unwilling or unable to provide, is called ________
a. status offense
b. stare decisis
c. parens patriae
d. In re Gault
c
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In the Shippensburg University case, students challenged the student code on the grounds that the code:
a. treated minority students better than white students b. suppressed white students' speech over minority students c. punished legally permissible speech, even if offensive d. tried to hard to achieve racial harmony on a divided campus
Judges are __________ by other members of the courtroom work group.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
After an officer responds to a family violence call, he/she has ____ hours to send an oral or electronic report to the Department of Family and Protective Services.
a. 4 b. 12 c. 24 d. 48
According to the routine activities theory, police officers would be considered:
A) ?capable guardians. B) ?suitable targets. C) ?motivated offenders. D) ?capable targets. E) hard targets.