Question

question 3 (2 points)
______ indicates that a person was arrested because he or she confessed to an offense or was implicated by other criminal evidence.

a) hidden delinquency

b) reliability

c) age of onset

d) clearance by arrest

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option a: Hidden delinquency refers to unreported or undetected criminal behavior, not related to arrest due to confession/evidence.
• Option b: Reliability is about consistency of measurement, not related to arrest.
• Option c: Age of onset is about when criminal behavior starts, not about arrest.
• Option d: Clearance by arrest means a crime is cleared (resolved) when a person is arrested due to confession or other criminal evidence, matching the description.

Answer:

d) Clearance by arrest