Criminal Justice Chapter 1

What are three ways to define crime?

• Legal, immoral, sociological

• Legal, moral, sociological

• Illegal, immoral, psychological

• Legal, moral, psychological

A misdemeanor is a serious offense punished by over 1 year of incarceration

• True

• False

Acts that are bad in themselves

• Malum prohibita

• Malum in se

Crimes that cause financial or economic harm

• Person

• Public order

• Property

• State

What is not an example of a felony?

• Murder

• Rape

• Arson

• Vandalism

Loitering and public intoxication are crimes against what?

• Person

• Public order

• property

• state

Trespassing is a misdemeanor

• True

• False

Crimes that are actions that society believes deserve punishment

• Legal

• Moral

• sociological

Arson is a felony

• True

• False

Measure of crime is always perfect

• False

• True