WorksheetsExperience in CJ Chapter 2
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 25mins
________________suggests that the person is aware of what is right and wrong under the law and intends to violate the law
mens rea
guilty mind
specific intent
Central to the American system of law is the philosophy that a person cannot be _______________ for his or her ________________
(a)
There has been no study that has been able to determine what causes some people to (a)
A collaboration in a criminal purpose, that involves two or more people and is a crime
(a)
_________________ is when the offender must have consciously desired the prohibited result
criminal intent
general intent
guilty mind
The Latin “mens rea” means (a)
A system of commands addressed by the sovereign of the state to his subjects, imposing duties and enforced by punishments is a (a)
The case in which the Supreme Court decided a condition was not illegal, and that a crime must have include an act or an omission.
Lambert -vs- California
Robinson -vs- California
Miranda -vs- U.S.
Mitchell -vs- U.S.
General principles that determine what is right and wrong according to some higher power is (a)
A defendant is being charged with malicious destruction of property after he intentionally pushed another person. The person he pushed fell backwards into a vehicle causing a dent in the fender. This would be an example of what kind of intent?
Criminal Intent
Specific Intent
General Intent
Intentional Intent
An intentional act or omission in violation of criminal law, committed without defense or justification, and sanctioned by the state as a felony or misdemeanor is a (a)
The branch of jurisprudence that deals with offenses committed against the safety and order of the state is (a)
This criminological theory proposes that criminals are born and not made
Classical Theory
Sociological Theory
Biological Theory
Social Control Theory
(a) _ is a broad term that can refer to any number of situations that would mitigate legal guilt in a criminal offense
(a) is any erroneous understanding of fact or circumstance resulting in some act that would not otherwise have been undertaken
(a) is a lack of knowledge or acquaintance with the laws of the land insofar as they apply to the act, relation, duty, or matter under consideration
(a) _ is the body of principles that determines private rights and liabilities
The supreme law of the land in the United States is the (a)
(a) is conscious wrongdoing from which a prohibited result follows, even in the absence of a desire for that particular result
(a) refers to unsoundness of mind, madness, mental alienation, or want of reason, memory, and intelligence that prevents an individual from comprehending the nature and consequences of his or her acts from distinguishing between right and wrong conduct
(a) focuses on the legal rules and principles that define the nature and limits of governmental power and the duties and rights of individuals in relation to the state
In the case Robinson v. California the Supreme Court ruled that it being addicted to drugs was not (a)
This theory proposes that criminals are born not made
Biological theory
Classical Theory
Sociological Theory
Social Conflict Theory
This theory proposes that criminal law and the criminal justice system are used by the dominant groups to control subordinate groups
Biological theory
Classical Theory
Sociological Theory
Social Conflict Theory
This theory proposes that people have free will and rationally decide their course of action by weighing the potential pleasure of an action against the possible pain of an action
Biological theory
Classical Theory
Sociological Theory
Social Conflict Theory
These theories propose that the sociological group you are raised with influences your behavior
Biological theory
Classical Theory
Sociological Theory
Social Conflict Theory
In the classical theory crime was prevented by (a) .
An assumption that attempts to explain why or how things are related to each other.
Guess
Relative Theory
Theory
Allege
The link between social disorganization and delinquency rates was discovered by:
The Knapp Commission
The Kansas City Study
The Boston Study
The Chicago School Study
Who was a key contributor to the Psychological Theory?
Robert Peel
Sigmund Freud
O.W. Wilson
Abraham Maslow
Which theory proposes that people’s relationships, commitments, values, norms, and beliefs encourage them not to break the law?
Sociological Theory
Social Control Theory
Social Conflict Theory
Psychological Theory
