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_____ is known as an act done consciously and willingly, as opposed to actions taken while a person is unconscious (e.g., during a seizure or reflexive act).

All of these

An infraction.

Voluntary act

Crime where there will be no charge.

Answer

Correct Answer: Voluntary act

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_____ is defined as the criminalization of a particular voluntary act even when the actor does not have a guilty state of mind.

Felony

Computer

All of these

Strict liability

Answer

Correct Answer: Strict liability

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_____ is crimes that involve having a certain condition or status rather than doing an act with a particular state of mind.

All of these

Status crimes

Household burglary

Theft

Answer

Correct Answer: Status crimes

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Is recklessly the state of mind that involves consciously disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that a certain result will occur and involves a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a law-abiding person would observe in the actor's situation?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the state of mind that involves consciously choosing to engage in certain conduct or cause a certain result.

Purposely

Karen Bass

Gabrielle Giffords

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Purposely

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_____ is defined as the “legal” cause of a crime—at issue when other acts or omissions occur after the defendant’s act or omission and contribute to the resulting harm.

Least serious grade

Proximate causation

Second-degree

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Proximate causation

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_____ is the state of mind that involves a failure to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that harm will result from one’s conduct. The failure involves a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would observe in the actor's situation.

Negligently

All of these

Bill of Rights

Self-defense

Answer

Correct Answer: Negligently

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Is mens rea a guilty state of mind that, when combined with other elements, constitutes a crime. Not required for strict liability crimes?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the state of mind that involves awareness that one’s conduct is practically certain to cause a particular result.

Theft.

Knowingly

None of these

Arson.

Answer

Correct Answer: Knowingly

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_____ is defined as a law which requires a bystander to provide assistance to a person who has suffered or is in danger of suffering serious physical harm.

All of these

Prison time

Good Samaritan laws

Death penalty

Answer

Correct Answer: Good Samaritan laws

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_____ is maryland’s “statutory rape” law prohibiting sexual intercourse with an underage person.

All of these

Garnett v. State

Mayhem

Extraneous factor

Answer

Correct Answer: Garnett v. State

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Is “But for” causation the actual cause of a crime—“but for” the defendant’s act, the crime would not have occurred?

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a voluntary act that, when combined with other elements, constitutes a crime.

Reasonable

Actus reus

None of these

Excessive

Answer

Correct Answer: Actus reus

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________ should be appropriately trained to deal with individuals with mental retardation.

Judges

Juries

Litigants

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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Raymond Garnett, a young mentally retarded man, was convicted and punished for which of the following crimes?

Murder

Arson

Rape

Burglar

Answer

Correct Answer: Rape

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Strict liability laws can also be referred to as public welfare laws.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The trespass doctrine is most often applied in cases involving

Assault.

Theft.

Murder.

Arson.

Answer

Correct Answer: Theft.

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Here are three types of causation.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Specific intent crimes are those that only require a mental state that pertains to the act that causes the harm of the criminal offense.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Negligently and recklessly are the lowest levels of mens re

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The conscious object is the result of a person who acts knowingly.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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There is no crime if there is only an act.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The __________ Good Samaritan law emphasizes that the person in need of help must have been exposed to or have suffered grave harm and calling for assistance will fulfill the bystander’s duty.

California

Florida

Minnesota

New Mexico

Answer

Correct Answer: Minnesota

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Which of the following conditions was responsible for the accident caused by Mr. Decina?

Epileptic seizure

Heart attack

Stroke

Asthma attack

Answer

Correct Answer: Heart attack

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Kitty Genovese died due to arson.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Voluntariness refers to a person’s acts.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A voluntary act is known as actus reus.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A voluntary act is also known as mens re

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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