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Experience in CJ Chapter 2

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________________suggests that the person is aware of what is right and wrong under the law and intends to violate the law

a)
criminal intent
b)

mens rea

c)

guilty mind

d)

specific intent

2.

Central to the American system of law is the philosophy that a person cannot be _______________ for his or her ________________

(a)  

3.

There has been no study that has been able to determine what causes some people to (a)  

4.

A collaboration in a criminal purpose, that involves two or more people and is a crime

(a)  

5.

_________________ is when the offender must have consciously desired the prohibited result

a)
specific intent
b)

criminal intent

c)

general intent

d)

guilty mind

6.

The Latin “mens rea” means (a)  

7.

A system of commands addressed by the sovereign of the state to his subjects, imposing duties and enforced by punishments is a (a)  

8.

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.

a)

Lambert -vs- California

b)

Robinson -vs- California

c)

Miranda -vs- U.S.

d)

Mitchell -vs- U.S.

9.

General principles that determine what is right and wrong according to some higher power is (a)  

10.

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?

a)

Criminal Intent

b)

Specific Intent

c)

General Intent

d)

Intentional Intent

11.

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)  

12.

The branch of jurisprudence that deals with offenses committed against the safety and order of the state is (a)  

13.

This criminological theory proposes that criminals are born and not made

a)

Classical Theory

b)

Sociological Theory

c)

Biological Theory

d)

Social Control Theory

14.

(a)   _ is a broad term that can refer to any number of situations that would mitigate legal guilt in a criminal offense

15.

(a)   is any erroneous understanding of fact or circumstance resulting in some act that would not otherwise have been undertaken

16.

(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

17.

(a)   _ is the body of principles that determines private rights and liabilities

18.

The supreme law of the land in the United States is the (a)  

19.

(a)   is conscious wrongdoing from which a prohibited result follows, even in the absence of a desire for that particular result

20.

(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

21.

(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

22.

In the case Robinson v. California the Supreme Court ruled that it being addicted to drugs was not (a)  

23.

This theory proposes that criminals are born not made

a)

Biological theory

b)

Classical Theory

c)

Sociological Theory

d)

Social Conflict Theory

24.

This theory proposes that criminal law and the criminal justice system are used by the dominant groups to control subordinate groups

a)

Biological theory

b)

Classical Theory

c)

Sociological Theory

d)

Social Conflict Theory

25.

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

a)

Biological theory

b)

Classical Theory

c)

Sociological Theory

d)

Social Conflict Theory

26.

These theories propose that the sociological group you are raised with influences your behavior

a)

Biological theory

b)

Classical Theory

c)

Sociological Theory

d)

Social Conflict Theory

27.

In the classical theory crime was prevented by (a)   .

28.

An assumption that attempts to explain why or how things are related to each other.

a)

Guess

b)

Relative Theory

c)

Theory

d)

Allege

29.

The link between social disorganization and delinquency rates was discovered by:

a)

The Knapp Commission

b)

The Kansas City Study

c)

The Boston Study

d)

The Chicago School Study

30.

Who was a key contributor to the Psychological Theory?

a)

Robert Peel

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

O.W. Wilson

d)

Abraham Maslow

31.

Which theory proposes that people’s relationships, commitments, values, norms, and beliefs encourage them not to break the law?

a)

Sociological Theory

b)

Social Control Theory

c)

Social Conflict Theory

d)

Psychological Theory