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According to class lectures, an increase in racial, ethnic and gender diversity will automatically bring about a significant decrease in both individual and institutional discrimination.

“If prior discrimination was based on race or gender, then there comes a time when one can use another factor for excluding African-Americans and women, i.e., SAT & GRE scores and strength and agility tests.”   The above statement agrees with which of the following types of discrimination discussed in class:              

Defined under the UCR as the unlawful entry (whether or not force was used) of a structure (apartment, barn, house, house trailer, houseboat, office, railroad car, vessel) to commit a felony or theft.  This differs from robbery in that NO INTERACTION between victim and offender may occur during this crime, and thus there may be no violence against the victim during the crime:

Arson is defined as any willful or malicious burning or attempting to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling, house, public building, motor vehicle, aircraft, or personal property.

Term used by Lombrosso to describe people whom he believed were “evolutionary throwbacks” to a more primitive line of human beings:

What nursing intervention is the priority when caring for a laboring woman?

A group of boys ages 9 & 10 years has formed a “boys only” club that is open to neighborhood and school friends who have skateboards. This should be interpreted as:

Theft of property worth more than a certain amount of money, usually $300.00 and considered a felony:

34). Which group of plants does NOT have a vascular system?

A 3-month old infant, born at 38 weeks gestation will hold a rattle if it is put in her hands, but will not voluntarily grasp it. The nurse should interpret this as: