Criminal Justice 101
29 Questions
| Total Attempts: 644
Quiz myself to see how good i do
Questions and Answers
- 1.A basic distinction between criminal and civil law is that criminal acts injure individuals and society as a whoe
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Contract law is the body of regulations created by goernments to control the economic activities of industry, business, and individuals.
- A.
True
- B.
Flase
- 3.Civil law is primarily concerned with assessin intent
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Procedural law defines behaviors as criminal and specifies punishment
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Treason is the act of a US citizen that helps a foreign government overthrow, make war against, or seriously injure the US.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Insanity is a legal definition and not a psychiatric one
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.The durham insanity rule states that a person is nt guilty of a crime if, at the time of the crime, he or she didnt know what he or she was doing or didnt know that it was wrong
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.The rule of law is also referred to as the supremacy of law
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Misdemeanors are generally less serious that felonies
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Procedural defense is base on discrimination by the justice system
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Which of the following is generally considered the most serious?
- A.
Felonies
- B.
Misdemeanors
- C.
Offenses
- D.
Infractions
- 12.Which of the following is a procedural offense?
- A.
Duress
- B.
Mistake of fact
- C.
Double jeopardy
- D.
Infancy
- 13.Which type of law refers to a traditional body of unwritten legal precedents created through everyday practice and supported by court decisions?
- A.
Civil
- B.
Conflict
- C.
Common
- D.
Administrative
- 14.Murder, robbery, and drug offenses would all be defined as crimes under
- A.
Civil law
- B.
Criminal law
- C.
Common law
- D.
Administrative law
- 15.What type of law results from legislative action and is thought of as the "law on the books"?
- A.
Procedural
- B.
Administrative
- C.
Statutory
- D.
Substantive
- 16.Tax laws, health codes, and restrictions on pollution are examples of
- A.
Administrative law
- B.
Procedural law
- C.
Civil law
- D.
Criminal law
- 17.What is the latin term that means " the body of the crime"?
- A.
Actus reus
- B.
Mens rea
- C.
Stare decisis
- D.
Corpus delicti
- 18.Which of the following is not an excuse defense?
- A.
Invountary intoxication
- B.
Self-defense
- C.
Infancy
- D.
Insanity
- 19.Which of the following elements of crime means "guilty mind"?
- A.
Concurrence
- B.
Harm
- C.
Actus reus
- D.
Mens rea
- 20.Governs relationships between parties
- 21.A(n) ____ is an offense punishable by incarceration, usually in a jail, for a period of which the upper limit is prescribed by statue in a given jurisdiction, typically limited to a year or less
- 22.The ____ holds that a person is not guilty of a crime if, at the time of the crime, he/she either didnt know what he/she was doing or didnt know that it was wrong
- 23.A(n)______ consists of an action of conduct that it a step toward the intended commission of another crime
- 24.The ___ states that a person is not criminally responsible for his/her behavior if his or her illegal actions were the result of some mental disease or defect.
- 25.Is a procedural defense similar to double jeopardy
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