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Criminal Law New /Questions And Answers Download To Pass!!!
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Criminal Law New 2023-2024 /Questions And AnswersDownload To Pass!!!
Quiz :Civil Law - Answer :law regulating the relationships between or among
individuals. usually involving property, contract or business disputes
Quiz :Substantive Criminal law - Answer :What is crime? law defining acts that
are subject to punishments and specifying that punishments for such offenses
Example: penal code
Quiz :Procedural criminal law - Answer :How the law should be enforced.
law defining the procedures that CJ officials must follow in enforcement
adjudications and corrections
Quiz :Common Law - Answer :Anglo-American system of law in which judges
follow precedent set by earlier decisions when they decided new but similar
cases. Substantive and criminal law were developed like this.
Quiz :Constitutions - Answer :Basic laws of a country or state defining
structure or gov't and relationships of citizens to that gov't
Quiz :Statutes - Answer :Laws passes by legislatures. Statutory definitions of
criminal offenses are found in penal codes
Quiz :Case Law - Answer :Court decisions that have status of law and serve as
precedents for later decisions
Quiz :Administrative Regulations - Answer :Rules made by gov't agencies to
implement pubic policies in areas such as public health, environmental
protection and workplace safety.
Quiz :Civil Forfeiture - Answer :Confiscation of property by the state because
it was in or acquired through a crime
Quiz :Inchoate Offense - Answer :Conduct that is criminal even though the
harm that the law seeks to prevent has been merely planned or attempted but
not done.
, Quiz :Mens Rea - Answer :"Guilty Mind" or blamesworthy state of mind.
Necessary for legal responsibility for a criminal offense criminal intent as
distinguished from innocent intent.
Quiz :Intro to criminal law - Answer :Recap: the CJS is based on criminal laws
which are in turn founded on American values
Substantive law: what is a crime?
Procedural law: how the law is enforced
Quiz :Sources of criminal law - Answer :Common law
Written law(constitutions and statues)
Case Law(builds on common law)
Administrative regulations
Quiz :Important Distinctions - Answer :Felony vs Misdemeanor: Why is the
distinction important?
Criminal law treats the 2 crimes differently. defendants convicted of felonies
also lose certain constitutional rights
Quiz :Criminal vs civil law - Answer :Criminal: punish
Civil: Sue
Quiz :What is a crime? Substantive Law - Answer :7 Principles
1) Legality- for something to be considered a crime there must be a law that
was broken
2)Actus Reus- Act itself must do or fail to do something
3)Causation- the act caused harm
4)Harm- Act must cause harm to some legally protected thing
5) concurrence- intent to commit the act and act itself must happen at the
same time
6)Mens Rea- Guilty state of mind must intent act
7)Punishment- must be concrete punishment for something to be considered a
crime
Quiz :Elements of a crime - Answer :3 elements of a crime...all 3 must be
shown to prove a crime was committed
1) act (actus reus) of commission or omission
2)The attendant circumstances
3)The state of mind: intent to commit crime (mens rea) must precede or
coexist with the act
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