Which Is Not One of the Three Legal Factors That

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which is not one of the three legal factors that most influence taking a juvenile into custody?

• A) the seriousness of the offense
• B) race and sex
• C) frequency of the offense
• D) prior or current involvement with the juvenile justice system

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Landau Commission

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Consequentialist

A philosophy which judges the rightness or wrongness of an action based on the outcomes or consequences it produces.

Deontologist

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