B-P Law Chapter 2: Criminal Law (Quiz Review)

A father who uses force to save his child from an attack may claim __________.

• self defense
• defense of a family member
• child abuse
• extortion

Murder, rape, and robbery are examples of:

• crimes which do not require a defendant.

• felonies

• misdemeanors.

• crimes which do not require a plaintiff.

If a law enforcement officer induces a law-abiding citizen to commit a crime, the accused may claim

• self-defense
• entrapment
• endangerment
• insanity

An insanity defense requires that:

• the person did not know the difference between right and wrong when that crime was committed.

• the trial be postponed until the person is found to be sane.

• a motive be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.

• the criminal act was voluntary but without intent.

Threatening a person at gunpoint is called

• kidnapping
• aggravated assault
• torture
• larceny by false pretenses

The plaintiff is the:

• person who is accused of the crime.

• the government official who brings the case to court.

• party that accuses a person of a crime.

• district attorney who represents the public in a criminal case.

The wrongful taking of another's property by a person who has been entrusted with that property is

• extortion
• robbery
• larceny
• embezzlement

The two elements of a crime are the:

• criminal act and the defense.

• the required state of mind and the motive.

• the criminal act and the motive.

• the criminal act and the required state of mind.

The person being tried for a crime is the 

• defendant
• victim
• prosecutor
• villian

The difference between murder and manslaughter is that murder is:

• intentional while manslaughter is not intentional.

• voluntary while manslaughter is involuntary.

• the killing of another human being while manslaughter does not involve the death of another human.

• unjustified and manslaughter is justified.