CJ 210- Chapter 3 Questions And Accurate Answers
2024-2025
Criminal conduct is composed of how many elements? - Answer One
Most petty crimes against public order and morals do not contain - Answer mens rea
Criminal conduct which merits criminal punishment is the definition of - Answer criminal
liability
Those crimes that demand a criminal act impelled by criminal intent are - Answer
conduct crimes
Criminal liability is understood to be criminal conduct which deserves criminal : -
Answer punishment
Mental attitudes are said to need to become criminal acts. This is referred to as -
Answer manifest criminality
The only acts that can be held criminal are those that are voluntary - Answer actus reus
In the English case King v Cogden (1951), Mrs. Cogdon was acquitted of murder
because - Answer her acts were done while asleep and thus not voluntary
Most offenses that do not require a mens rea do include which of the following? -
Answer an attendant circumstances element
The character or condition of a person or a thing is known as its - Answer status
, Which doctrine imposes a legal duty to help or call for imperiled strangers? - Answer
"Good Samaritan" doctrine
Which of the following does most states follow? - Answer American Bystander rule
Which below is the two kinds of criminal possession? - Answer actual possession and
constructive possession
Which type of possession is it when one has physical control of banned stuff? - Answer
actual possession
When you possess something you don't know you possess, it is called - Answer mere
possession
Which of the following below refers to who we are? - Answer status
Which of the following refers to what we do? - Answer action
In Robinson v California (1962), the Supreme Court held that Robinson's conviction must
be - Answer reversed because a person cannot be punished for status or condition
The existence of a legal duty is what element of a crime? - Answer attendant
circumstance
Which of the following is not one of the most common of criminal possession crimes? -
Answer Possession of child pornography
The criminal law refers to a failure to act when there is a legal duty to act as - Answer an
omission
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