Chapter 4: Inside Criminal Law

Chapter 4: Inside Criminal Law

TRUE/FALSE

1.Precedent is a court decision that serves as example of authority for deciding subsequent cases

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2.English traditions are the exclusive source of common law.

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3.Statutory law does not include ordinances passed by cities and counties.

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4.Case law effectively establishes a single legal interpretation of a statute across multiple jurisdictions.

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5.The primary functions of the law are to protect citizens from harm and to maintain and promote social values.

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6.A state of being aware that a risk does exist and then disregarding that risk is recklessness.

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7.An act that is deemed reckless is more serious than one that is purposefully committed.

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8.Statutory rape is an example of a strict liability crime.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

1.One of the earliest known examples of written law was

a. / the Code of Hammurabi.
b. / the Mosaic Code.
c. / English common law.
d. / the Bill of Rights.

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2.Lex talionis is the concept of

a. / equity.
b. / causation.
c. / retribution.
d. / concurrence.

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3.Statutory law includes all of the following except

a. / state and federal statutes.
b. / county ordinances.
c. / city ordinances.
d. / case law.

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4.The model penal code sets forth

a. / case law decisions.
b. / general principles of criminal responsibility.
c. / administrative laws and rules.
d. / common law.

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5.The rules, orders, and decisions of regulatory agencies are known as

a. / statutory law
b. / case law
c. / bureaucratic law
d. / administrative law

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6.The purpose of the social function of law is to

a. / socialize offenders.
b. / reflect values and norms of society.
c. / rehabilitate offenders.
d. / preserve common law.

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7.The legal function of the law is to

a. / protect and punish.
b. / protect and rehabilitate.
c. / rehabilitate and release.
d. / rehabilitate and teach.

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8.Which of the following is not one of the functions of criminal law?

a. / Teach societal boundaries
b. / Rehabilitate criminal offenders
c. / Express public morality
d. / Protection of citizens from criminal harm

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9.A wrongful mental state is known as ______.

a. / actus reus
b. / corpus delicti
c. / mens rea
d. / stare decisis

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10.Mens rea may be categorized as

a. / premeditated and deliberate.
b. / reckless or negligent.
c. / with malice aforethought.
d. / purposeful, knowing, negligent, or reckless.

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11.______makes it possible to convict a person of a crime he or she did not actually commit.

a. / Criminal liability
b. / Strict liability
c. / Accomplice liability
d. / Attendant circumstances

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12.Many states use the concept of ______to impose harsher penalties on certain crimes.

a. / accomplice liability
b. / attendant circumstances
c. / strict liability
d. / concurrence

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13.Hate crime laws make a person’s ______an important attendant circumstance to his or her criminal act.

a. / motive
b. / mens rea.
c. / ethnicity
d. / negligence

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COMPLETION

1.Precedents are rules of law announced in .

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2.The practice of deciding new cases with reference to precedents is known as ____.

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3.Legislatures enact .

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4.Through its, the American Law Institute seeks to bring uniformity to U.S. law.

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5.The primary legal function of the law is to maintain social order by protecting citizens from ______.

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6.______is the guilty act.

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7.______is the failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise in similar circumstances.

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8.A wrongful mental state, or intent, is called .

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Chapter 4: Inside Criminal Law – Worksheet 2

TRUE/FALSE

1.Criminal law specifies that there must be concurrence between the guilty act and the guilty intent.

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2.Inchoate offenses are those committed with an accomplice.

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3.Insanity is a valid justification defense.

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4.The necessity defense asserts that circumstances required the defendant to commit the illegal act.

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5.Substantive due process mandates that the law must be carried out in a method that is fair and orderly.

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6.The Bill of Rights is comprised of the ten Amendments to the Constitution.

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7.The due process clause basically requires that government not act unfairly or arbitrarily.

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8.Substantive due process requires that the laws used in accusing and convicting offenders be fair.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

1.The M’Naughten rule is

a. / a test for measuring sanity.
b. / case law use at pretrial.
c. / admission of intoxication test results at trial.
d. / evidence exclusions under Mapp v. Ohio.

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2.Public backlash against the insanity defense led to enacting

a. / the substantial capacity test.
b. / the irresistible impulse test.
c. / “guilty but mentally ill” statutes.
d. / the Durham rule.

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3.Alcohol intoxication can be used as a defense when

a. / it does not involve large amounts.
b. / it is involuntary.
c. / there is a designated driver.
d. / no injuries are sustained by victims.

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4.Which of the following is not a justification defense?

a. / Duress
b. / Involuntary intoxication
c. / Necessity
d. / Entrapment

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5.All of the following are requirements for the defense of duress, except:

a. / the threat must be of serious bodily harm or death
b. / the threat must be induced by a public official
c. / the threat must be immediate and inescapable
d. / the harm threatened must be greater than the harm caused by the crime

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6.Unlawful pressure brought to bear on a person, causing the person to perform an act that he or she would not otherwise perform is ______.

a. / duress
b. / mistake
c. / necessity
d. / entrapment

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7.The ______amendment requires states to adhere to the Bill of Rights.

a. / First
b. / Sixth
c. / Ninth
d. / Fourteenth

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8.The ______Amendment contains the prohibition against double jeopardy.

a. / 4th
b. / 5th
c. / 6th
d. / 8th

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9.The ______amendment protects against double jeopardy.

a. / Fourth
b. / Sixth
c. / Fifth
d. / Seventh

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10.In criminal law, ______prevents unfair practices such as forced confessions, denial of counsel, or unreasonable searches.

a. / substantive due process
b. / procedural due process
c. / stare decisis
d. / Lex talionis

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11.The ______Amendment provides that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.

a. / 4th
b. / 5th
c. / 6th
d. / 8th

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12.Ultimately, it is the ______which determines whether an individual’s due process has been violated.

a. / United States Supreme Court
b. / Federal Legislature
c. / Prosecutor
d. / President

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COMPLETION

1.Strict liability allows a finding of guilt even if is lacking.

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2.An act that is deemed criminal because it could do harm, which laws try to prevent, is called a(n) .

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3.Infancy is a defense in which the individual’s wrongdoing is excluded because he/she is too to understand the consequences of his/her actions.

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4.______is unlawful pressure brought upon a person causing them to perform an act they would not otherwise have performed.

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5.The law that defines the acts the government will punish is called .

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6.The rules that define how the rights and duties of individuals can be enforced is criminal law.

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7.The Amendment provides that no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.