CHAPTER 1
CRIMES ARE WRONGS AGAINST _________ MEANWHILE TORTS ARE WRONGS AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.
WHAT IS SOCIETY?
WHAT IS PURE DEMOCRACY?
THE MAJORITY CAN DO ANYTHING.
WHAT ARE THE THREE OVERALL ELEMENTS OF A CRIME?
1) MENS REAS
2) ACTUS REUS
3) CONCURRENCE
WHAT ARE THE FOUR MENTAL STATES (MPC)?
1) PURPOSEFULLY
2) KNOWINGLY
3) RECKLESSNESS
4) NEGLIGENCE
__________ EXAMINES PAST CRIMES AND PUNISHES DEFENDANT BASED ON THOSE PAST CRIMES.
WHAT IS RETRIBUTION?
IF THE GOVERNMENT CAN ONLY PUNISH PEOPLE BASED ON A SPECIFIC LAW, THIS FALLS UNDER WHAT?
WHAT IS RULE OF LAW?
ACTUS REUS IS ALSO KNOWN AS ________.
"EVIL ACT"
WHAT IS ACTING ON PURPOSE OR WITH THE CONSCIOUS OBJECT OF CAUSING HARM?
PURPOSEFULLY
LIST THE FOUR CRITICISMS OF RETRIBUTION.
1) QUANTIFICATION OF PENALTIES
2) CIVILIZED SOCIETY
3) REJECTION OF FREE WILL
4) LACK OF CULPABILITY REQUIREMENT
FINISH THE SENTENCE:
EQUAL PROTECTION DOES NOT ___________.
TREAT EVERYONE ALIKE.
WHAT ARE THE 2 TYPES OF CRIMINAL OMISSIONS?
1) FAILURE TO REPORT
2) FAILURE TO INTERVENE
WHAT IS ACTING WITH AN UNCONSCIOUS CREATION OF HIGH RISK OF HARM?
WHAT IS NEGLIGENCE?
LEVEL OF CERTAINTY OF WHICH THE JURY (OR JUDGE) NEEDS TO BE PERSUADED.
WHAT IS THE BURDEN OF PROOF?
STRICT SCRUTINY IS ONE WAY WE DETERMINE A LAW VIOLATES WHAT?
WHAT IS EQUAL PROTECTION.
MERE POSSESSION IS ____________.
AWARENESS OF CONTROL.
WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF INTERVENING CAUSES?
1) COINCIDENTAL INTERVENING ACTS
2) RESPONSIVE INTERVENING ACTS