1. _____ is known as offense based on personal characteristics or condition rather than conduct; cruel and unusual punishment to impose criminal penalty.
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Status offense
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2. _____ is defined as requires that the act cause a very specific harm and requires a specific intent.
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Result crime
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3. _____ is a crime that is a step toward an even more serious offense.
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Preparatory offense
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4. Is possession physical control over property with the ability to freely use and enjoy the property?
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True
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5. _____ is known as failure to act or to intervene to assist another.
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omission
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6. _____ is defined as unknowing possession.
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mere possession
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7. _____ is individual awareness of criminal possession.
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knowing possession
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8. Is joint Possession several individuals exercise dominion and control over an object?
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True
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9. _____ is known as unconscious act or automatism.
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Involuntary act
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10. _____ is defined as legislation that exempts individuals from civil liability who assist individuals in peril.
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Good Samaritan statute
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11. _____ is temporary dominion and control over an object; typically not considered possession for purposes of criminal liability.
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Fleeting possession
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12. Is european bystander rule a rule in Europe imposing a legal duty on individuals to assist those in peril?
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True
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13. _____ is known as the legal obligation to act.
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Duty to intervene
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14. _____ is defined as an individual who retains legal possession over property that is not within his or her actual control.
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Constructive possession
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15. _____ is the conditions or context required for a crime.
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Attendant circumstances
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16. Is american Bystander Rule no legal duty to assist or to rescue an individual in danger?
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True
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17. _____ is known as a criminal act, the physical or external component of a crime.
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actus reus
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18. _____ is defined as an object within an individual’s physical possession or immediate reach.
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Actual possession
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19. Which of the following refers to physical control without awareness of contraband?
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Mere
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20. Which of the following types of possession permits an innocent individual to momentarily possess and dispose of an illegal object?
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Fleeting
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21. Fleeting possession rule allows an innocent individual to momentarily possess and dispose of an illegal object.
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True
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22. A defendant allegedly attacked his neighbor with a baseball bat, beat him, and killed him. Since the neighbor died from the beating, the defendant was charged with murder. Had the neighbor not died, he would have been charged with either attempted murder or aggravated battery. The crime of murder is classified as a ______.
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Result crime
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23. All of the following are components of actus reus EXCEPT for ______.
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Involuntary act
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24. Maria belongs to a gang and is a successful drug dealer. Despite the scarcity of women in high-ranking positions within the gang, her ability to influence others and turn high profits has helped her to rise in the ranks. Several of the lower ranking gang members have been arrested on drug charges. Although Maria was not in physical possession of the drugs, she is concerned she may be a target for prosecution. Which theory of possession is applicable?
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Constructive possession
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25. Which of the following acts is considered voluntary?
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A boy who has bad aim and throws a baseball through his neighbor’s window
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26. Four friends from New York are visiting a small town in Massachusetts. During their visit they observe a local person getting carjacked. Instead of helping the victim, they mock him. The victim wants a police officer to arrest the four friends for not coming to his aid. According most state laws and the federal law, the officer can arrest the four friends and have them charged for not coming to his aid.
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False
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27. James is taking his friends out for a ride in his new car. He picks them up and they cruise around the main drag of town on Friday night. James does not know it, but one of the friends brought along cocaine to add to the celebratory mood. If James is pulled over and the drugs are found, he could be charged with a crime.
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True
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28. A drug addict is arrested for attempting to buy illegal narcotics. At trial his lawyer files a motion to dismiss the charges on the grounds that the charges are unconstitutional because laws criminalizing the status of being addicted to drugs are unconstitutional. Reading the law, the judge should deny her motion.
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True
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29. Criminal law typically does not punish individuals for a failure to act.
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True
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30. A car is stopped for speeding late at night. When the officer walks up to the car, he notices a small, transparent film canister in the cupholder between the driver and passenger. As the canister is transparent he notices that it contains small crystals. He legally seizes the canister and discovers it contains crack cocaine. Both the driver and passenger deny that the drugs belong to them. Can both be charged with possession of the drugs?
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Yes, they can both have possession according to the joint possession rule
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31. At trial, mens rea must be proved ______.
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Beyond a reasonable doubt
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32. An individual may be punished for “mere thoughts.”
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False
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33. In which of the following circumstances is there a duty to intervene under the American bystander rule?
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When the individual placed another in danger
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Contemporary Criminal Law (U.S.) MCQs | Topic-wise
