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Rape and Other Violent Crimes MCQ

1. Is statutory rape the common law term used to describe the crime of an adult having sex with a minor under the age of consent. Many modern statutes no longer use this term but define the crime as a form of sexual assault?

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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2. _____ is known as the sending of sexually explicit text messages.

None of these

Alcohol offenses

Arson

Sexting

Answer

Correct Answer: Sexting

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3. _____ is defined as the trespassory taking and carrying away of the personal property of another with the intent to permanently deprive the owner by force or threat of force.

Larceny

All of these

Robbery

Prostitution

Answer

Correct Answer: Robbery

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4. _____ is laws which limit the defendant’s ability to introduce evidence of the complainant’s prior sexual conduct at trial.

Securities Act

Rape shield laws

Payola Act

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Rape shield laws

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5. Is rape unlawful sexual intercourse with a female by force or the threat of force and without consent?

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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6. _____ is known as the forcible abduction and carrying away of a person. Modern statutes provide modifications of this common law definition, often requiring that the abduction be done with a particular purpose, such as getting ransom or causing injury.

Kidnapping

Vehicular felony

All of these

Respondent

Answer

Correct Answer: Kidnapping

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7. _____ is defined as force or threat of force is one element of common law rape and many forms of sexual assault in modern statutes.

Conspiracy

None of these

Presumption of innocence

Force

Answer

Correct Answer: Force

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8. _____ is a complete defense to common law rape and many forms of sexual assault. Lack of consent is an element of common law rape and some forms of sexual assault in modern statutes.

Consent

Excuses

Juries

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Consent

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9. Is battery any unlawful or unwanted touching of another. Most modern statutes use the term “assault” instead of this common law term?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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10. _____ is known as an attempt to cause bodily injury to another, or causing such injury purposely, knowingly or recklessly.

Mala in se crime

Assault

None of these

Mala prohibita crime

Answer

Correct Answer: Assault

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11. There have been a total of 316 DNA post-conviction exonerations in the history of the United States.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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12. Mary Kay Letourneau was charged with statutory rape in 1997 after having had sexual intercourse with one of her students.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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13. In the Duke Lacrosse Players’ case, the prosecutor withheld evidence and was disbarred for his misconduct.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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14. The Fifth Amendment secured the equal protection rights?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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15. Laws always prosecuted offenders for the rape of a slave woman.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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16. After the task force report was released, the Department of Education released the names of 12 colleges currently under investigation.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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17. The White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault was created in 2014.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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18. The total number of rape victimizations in 2008 was __________.

70,540

52,460

203,830

4,993,220

Answer

Correct Answer: 52,460

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19. In 2008, the total number of sexual assault victimization was ______.

123,010

70,540

52,470

80,810

Answer

Correct Answer: 80,810

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20. Rape victims are hesitant to report the crime because the judicial process forces them to relive the trauma with which of the following?

Grand Jury

Hospital personnel

Prosecutor

During the public trial

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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21. Which of the following have been used to describe rape?

Rape

Battery

Sexual assault

Abuse

Answer

Correct Answer: Sexual assault

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22. Sexual intercourse between a husband and wife was considered rape under common law.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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23. Which of the following victims cannot legally consent to the acts that cause them harm?

Homicide

Robbery

Assault

Battery

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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24. In rape and sexual assaults, the prosecutor does not have to prove that the victim did not consent.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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25. Rape was once punishable by death.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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26. Jerry Sandusky founded The Second Mile charity in 1990.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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