answered graded A+ 2025/2026
Concealment - correct answer ✔✔hides you from view but without protection. Any object that
prevents a person from seeing you is concealment. A thick bush, a closed set of window blinds
or a shower curtain all qualify as concealment.
two types of familiarization with known offenders - correct answer ✔✔(1)Their habits and types
of crimes (2)TCIC/NCIC information
All law enforcement agencies are required to report cases of missing children under the age of
_____ reported to their agency to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). - correct
answer ✔✔21
law enforcement agencies are required to enter the NCIC Missing Person File within ____ hours
of receiving the missing child report where the "well-being of the child is in danger." - correct
answer ✔✔2
True or False:
in order to file a missing child report, you must wait 72 hours of the child's disappearance. -
correct answer ✔✔False
federal law prohibits law enforcement agencies from doing what to missing child reports? -
correct answer ✔✔law enforcement agencies from establishing or maintaining a waiting period
to accept a missing child or unidentified person report.
There is no ______ for accepting missing child reports. - correct answer ✔✔waiting period
,law enforcement agencies are prohibited from establishing or maintaining policies that require
removal of missing person entries from state systems and the NCIC solely based on what? -
correct answer ✔✔the age of the person.
Federal law requires who to provide an annual summary of missing children reports? - correct
answer ✔✔the United States Attorney General
There is an optional field included in NCIC labeled what? - correct answer ✔✔the Missing
Person Circumstances (MPC) field
children are more likely to be abducted by a _______ than a non-family member. - correct
answer ✔✔family member
True or False:
As research has demonstrated and NCIC reports support, children are much more likely to be
abducted by an acquaintance of the child or family than a complete stranger. - correct answer
✔✔True
With regard to family abductions, cases have shown again and again that children who have
been taken by a noncustodial family member may_______. Desperate people sometimes do
desperate things, including bringing harm to their own children. - correct answer ✔✔be in
significant danger
A child abducted by a family member is likely to live a life ______with that family member. -
correct answer ✔✔"on the run"
while living a life "on the run", how much can a Childs life be changed? - correct answer
✔✔Children may live with an altered name, appearance, and lifestyle; experience physical or
medical neglect; experience unstable schooling; experience frequent moves or even
homelessness; and/or are told lies about the left-behind parent.
,"_____" means to restrain a person with intent to prevent his liberation by:
(A) secreting or holding him in a place where he is not likely to be found or
(B) using or threatening to use deadly force.
Texas Penal Code Sec. 20.01 (emphasis added). - correct answer ✔✔Abduct
"______" means to restrict a person's movements without consent, so as to interfere
substantially with the person's liberty, by moving the person from one place to another or by
confining the person. - correct answer ✔✔Restrain
a person can restrain a child through movement or confinement even with the child's
cooperation as long as the child is under ___ years old and the child's parent, guardian or
person acting in loco parentis (such as the state) has not acquiesced. - correct answer ✔✔14
restraint of a child:
For victims ages 14-16 years old, the individual would need to take the child ___ miles from the
child's residence and outside the state without acquiescence from the same parties. - correct
answer ✔✔120
restraint of a child:
The statute does not address acquiescence of ___year olds. - correct answer ✔✔17
Unlawful Restraint - correct answer ✔✔A person commits an offense if he intentionally or
knowingly restrains another person
what are the two mental states in the texas penal code for unlawful restraint? - correct answer
✔✔intentionally and knowingly
what is the punishment for unlawful restraint? - correct answer ✔✔Class A misdemeanor
, what is the punishment for unlawful restraint if the restrained child is under 17? - correct
answer ✔✔state jail felony
what is the punishment for unlawful restraint if the person recklessly exposes victim (no age
requirement) to substantial risk of serious bodily injury or in certain public servant cases or
while actor in custody? - correct answer ✔✔third degree felony
what is the affirmative defense for unlawful restraint? - correct answer ✔✔(1) the person
restrained was a child younger than 14 years of age
(2) the actor was a relative of the child and
(3)the actor's sole intent was to assume lawful control of the child.
A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly abducts another person. - correct
answer ✔✔kidnapping
under the Texas penal code, what are the two mental states for kidnapping? - correct answer
✔✔intentionally and knowingly
what is the punishment for kidnapping? - correct answer ✔✔third degree felony
what is the affirmative defense for kidnapping? - correct answer ✔✔(1) the abduction was not
coupled with intent to use or to threaten to use deadly force
(2) the actor was a relative of the person abducted; AND
(3)the actor's sole intent was to assume lawful control of the victim.
A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly abducts another person with the
intent to:
(1) hold him for ransom or reward
(2) use him as a shield or hostage