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Law – Crimes Unit

Study Guide

  1. What is a crime?
  1. How does the incarceration rate in the US compare to the rest of the world?
  1. Briefly describe each theory of punishment:
  1. Deterrence Theory –
  1. Incapacitation Theory –
  1. Rehabilitation Theory –
  1. Retribution Theory –
  1. Give one example of how gangs lead to an increase in crime?
  1. State law in PA provides that a person must met what criteria in order to purchase a gun?
  1. What percentage of persons taken into the criminal justice system test positive for one or more drugs at the time of their arrest?
  1. What is a strict liability offense?
  1. Define each role:
  1. Principal
  1. Accomplice
  1. Accessory before the fact
  1. Accessory after the fact
  1. All parties listed above will be charged with the same crime as the principal except:

In addition to any of the following questions about the crimes we discussed, make sure you know how to apply the elements of the crimes.

  1. The person being charged with solicitation does not have to actually
  1. Attempt goes beyond but does not result in the commission of the .
  1. Is impossibility a defense to attempt?
  1. Under the doctrine of merger, one cannot be guilty of both and .
  1. What constitutes an “Overt Act” necessary for a conspiracy charge?
  1. At what point is the crime of conspiracy complete?
  1. What is the definition of malice?
  1. What is the time frame for premeditation of murder?
  1. Second degree murder applies when the defendant killed the victim during the commission of a even if the killing was .
  1. Type 1 Voluntary Manslaughter if also called “ ” and applies if there is no “ period”
  1. Involuntary manslaughter is an killing.
  2. In many states, the crime of battery is known as .
  1. In order to be guilty of battery, actual is not required. You just need to prove that the defendant
  1. In a rape case, there is no consent if the victim:
  1. A person can still be guilty of if the person with whom they have consensual sex lies about being of age.
  1. One commits arson when he willfully burns property belonging to:
  1. Shoplifting is a form of:
  1. What is the main difference between robbery and larceny?
  1. Extortion is often called .
  1. One can be found guilty of receiving stolen property if she or had that the goods were stolen.
  1. A defendant can raise the defense that no crime has been committed in these two circumstances:
  1. What is an alibi? Who has to prove the alibi?
  1. What amount of force can a person use when that person asserts self-defense?
  1. What is the Castle Doctrine?
  1. What is the Stand Your Ground Doctrine?
  1. Is voluntary intoxication generally a defense to a crime?
  1. What are the two prongs of the M’Naghten Rule (insanity defense)?
  1. Necessity and duress cannot serve as defenses to:
  1. What is an arrest?
  1. Describe the two ways one can be taken into custody:
  1. An arrest warrant will be issued on the basis of , which means:
  1. The Fourth Amendment says that you have the right to be free from .
  1. Explain the exclusionary rule:
  2. What is the plain view doctrine?
  1. What are the circumstances in which the police can search without a warrant?
  1. In the case of New Jersey v. TLO, the court ruled that in order to search student, school needs to have , not . Also, students have no reasonable expectation of privacy in their .
  1. What is the definition of interrogate?
  1. What is the definition of self-incrimination?
  1. What was the court’s ruling in the case of Miranda v. Arizona?
  1. means that a defendant cannot be prosecuted more than once for the same crime, and it does not apply where there has been a
  1. Double jeopardy does not apply where there has been a , which means that the trial has
  1. The Sixth Amendment provides that the defendant has the right to a trial, which isn’t defined in the .
  1. This right can be by the defendant, but not the prosecution.
  1. The Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause says that the defendant has the right to:
  1. The Eighth Amendment says that the defendant cannot be sentenced to . Some states have ruled that the is unconstitutional because it violates this rule.