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"A ________ is someone, usually under age 18, who is determined to have committed a criminal offense or status offense in states in which a minor is declared to lack responsibility and cannot be sentenced as an adult. " Answer recidivist juvenile delinquent minor juvenile criminal
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"According to N. Jane McCandless, which form of prostitution is at the top of the hierarchy? " Answer exotic dancer house girl call girl/male escort streetwalker
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"According to the FBI, of the known offenses involving persons under 18 years of age, most are ________ offenses." Answer civil property violent none of the above
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"Any sentence of a juvenile offender to a halfway house or other community home in which the juvenile is closely monitored, but allowed to leave for work or school is called a ________. " Answer commitment referral incarceration order residential placement
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"Critical traditions consider a number of social characteristics, including ________. " Answer age social class race all of the above
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"During the Civil War, this drug was used to combat pain and dysentery. " Answer cocaine marijuana morphine opium
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"In 1899, this state established the first U.S. juvenile court system. " Answer New York Texas California Illinois
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"In this 1919 case, the courts ruled that prescribing narcotics to addicts to maintain their comfort was not a legitimate medical practice. " Answer United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative et al. Weeks v. United States Nye County v. Plankinton Webb v. United States
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"In this case, Justice Potter Stewart illustrated the difficulty of defining obscenity by saying, ""I know it when I see it."" " Answer Weeks v. United States Nye County v. Plankinton Jacobellis v. Ohio Miller v. California
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"In this case, the Supreme Court established juveniles' right to an attorney, as well as the right to confront accusers and protection from self-incrimination. " Answer In re Gault Kent v. United States Breed v. Jones In re Winship
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"Researchers use this term to describe how exotic dancers provide a facsimile of sex without actually touching, caring about, or meeting the desires of strip-club customers. " Answer counterfeit intimacy tainted love the locomotion digital tenderness
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"These are practices, acts, and/or media accepted by a given social group who share a geographic area and/or government. " collective agreement standards and practices community standards obscenity laws
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"Which is typically termed a ""nuisance"" sex offense? " Answer child molestation prostitution rape all of the above
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A ________ is an act that is considered a legal offense only when committed by a juvenile and that can be adjudicated only in a juvenile court. Answer juvenile offense status offense crime civil offense
Question 15
Currie specified several goals that drug treatment programs should strive for. Answer taking treatment seriously making aftercare a priority making treatment user-friendly all of the above
Question 16
Increased penalties for drug usage and sales is based on the ________ principle. Answer biological deterrence rational choice labeling
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One of the criticisms of the war-on-crime metaphor is that it treats law enforcement officers as ________. Answer soldiers civilians judges all of the above
Question 18
One of the effects of the war on terrorism on local criminal justice agencies is ________. Answer decreased capacity increased capacity the use of restorative justice the use of broken windows theory
Question 19
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 required producers of food and drugs ________. Answer to remove opium to clearly label their products' contents to add cocaine to sell patent medicines in bottles
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The criminal justice system needs this in order to act. Answer an intention an accusation a crime a trial
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The most distinguishing aspect of restorative justice is its goal of widening the response to crime to include the ________. Answer victims community police executive branch of the government
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These 17th-century laws sent vagrants and abandoned children to landowners or shopkeepers as indentured servants. Answer workhouse laws chancery laws child laws poor laws
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These are behaviors that are deemed undesirable because they offend community standards rather than directly harm people or property. Answer federal crimes victimless crimes inchoate crimes misdemeanors
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This 1914 act ensured that the government collected taxes from those who sold drugs. Answer Lindner Act Pure Food and Drug Act Narcotics Control Act Harrison Act
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This 1970 act set forth the drug schedules currently used to classify drugs. Answer Pure Food and Drug Act Controlled Substances Act Boggs Act Narcotics Control Act
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This alternative justice model uses community programs to repair the harm done by offenders. the war on drugs community policing phrenology restorative justice
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This is a session that takes place without a jury before a judge in which evidence and/or arguments are presented to determine some factual or legal issue. Answer trial disposition civil suit hearing
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This is the total removal of legal prohibitions on specific acts that were previously proscribed and punishable by law. Answer decriminalization legalization prohibition emendation
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This term means everyone involved in a criminal justice process should understand the rules and procedures employed by the system. Answer inclusion ascertainable criteria categorical imperative correct means
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This term means that a good solution to the problems of crime can only be attained using processes that embody peacemaking principles. Answer inclusion correct means categorical imperative ascertainable criteria
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This term refers to the philosophy that the government is the ultimate guardian of all children. Answer parens matriae lex talionis parens patriae stare decisis
Question 32
This was used to treat morphine addiction. Answer cocaine marijuana alcohol opium
Question 33
When did Prohibition end? Answer 1963 1933 1923 1953
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Which are two of the most controversial aspects of the Patriot Act? Answer judicial review and secret searches the rights to free speech and to bear arms secret searches and the right to free speech judicial review and the right to bear arms
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Which constitutional amendment allowed passage of the National Prohibition Act? Answer Sixth Fifth Eighteenth Fourth
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Which drugs fall under the Drug Enforcement Administration's Schedule I (no medical use; high abuse)? Answer peyote heroin marijuana all of the above
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Which is a difference between the war on terrorism and the war on drugs? Answer The war on terrorism uses military weapons. The war on terrorism has a clear and identifiable outside enemy. An outside terrorist enemy does not enjoy U.S. legal protections. all of the above
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Which one of these is a type of public facility for juveniles? Answer ranches and camps boot-camp prisons adult prisons all of the above
Question 39
Which state licenses brothels? Answer Nevada Montana New Jersey all of the above
Question 40
________ can be manufactured in home laboratories out of many common household chemicals and over-thecounter medications. Answer Cocaine Marijuana Methamphetamine all of the above