Deck 3: Components of a Crime

Question 1

Not every crime includes a guilty state of mind.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Association with the principal and presence at the crime scene are not enough to establish guilt as an accomplice.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Intent is apparent only through the confession of the accused.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Corporate crime causes more financial damage than all individual property crimes combined.

Question 5

Transferred intent assesses guilt for an unintended crime committed in the process of an intended crime.

Question 6

Max has been charged as an accomplice in a bank robbery.Max had been asked by his friend,Nancy,to drive her to First Union Bank as she had some business there.Max,believing he was helping a friend,agreed and picked her up at the agreed time.Max dropped Nancy off and parked a short distance away from the bank entrance.Max casually looked back at the bank and saw Nancy put on a mask and pull a gun out of her purse.Max was shocked,but quickly realized he didn't want to be a part of this crime.He can negate his criminal liability by

A)going into the bank and persuading Nancy to stop the robbery
B)calling the police,reporting the crime and putting a halt to it
C)driving away,withdrawing his help and refusing to further support Nancy's crime
D)doing both a and b
E)doing both a and c

Question 7

Jane invited Robert to come to her home to watch a movie.While watching Robert decided to get high and used heroin he had brought with him.Within a short time Robert collapsed.Jane did not seek help,but thought Robert would simply "sleep it off." Robert died.Jane can be charged with involuntary manslaughter because of her negligence in failing to get Robert medical attention.

Question 8

A prior conviction is good evidence of intent to commit a present crime.

Question 9

It is a crime if a professional who works with children fails to report suspected child abuse to law enforcement or other appropriate authority.

Question 10

Corporations,as well as individuals,may be charged with obstruction of justice.

Question 11

An employer may be responsible for the acts of its employee if that employee is carrying out the employer's business.This is known as

A)respondeat superior
B)corporate liability
C)strict responsibility
D)caveat emptor

Question 12

A sleepwalker who commits a crime may be able to avoid criminal liability by claiming that it was an involuntary act and the law requires that the criminal act be voluntary.

Question 13

Possession can include knowledge of where an item is and control of that area.

Question 14

A crime can occur even if no actual harm is done.

Question 15

George suggests to his friend a game of hide and seek.The friend hides in an abandoned refrigerator,suffocates,and dies.Because the friend would be alive "but for" George's suggestion,George has committed murder.

Question 16

If a parent fails to provide clothing,food and the basic necessities of life for his/her child,that parent may be held criminally responsible for the harm done to that child.This crime of omission arises by

A)special relationship
B)statute
C)contract
D)volunteering

Question 17

The concept of _______________________________________ allows one to be held criminally liable for the harm to a person other than the intended victim.

A)reckless intent
B)wanton intent
C)criminal intent
D)transferred intent

Question 18

Federal corporate fraud laws are enforced by the

A)local police
B)Secret Service
C)Corporate Fraud Task Force
D)Justice Department

Question 19

Criminal possession laws only address the possession of an unlawful object,such as drugs or weapons.

Question 20

Motive is the reason behind the crime and proves the element of intent.

Question 21

If nurse Eutha Nasia intends to end the life of B but turns off C's respirator by mistake,under what theory of intent can Nasia be charged with C's murder?

A)general intent
B)specific intent
C)transferred intent
D)premeditation

Question 22

Possession differs from most crimes because

A)no harm is required
B)it is constructive
C)there is little danger of charging innocent people
D)it is actual

Question 23

An _______________________________ is one who aids and abets the primary actor through encouragement or active involvement in the commission of a crime.

Question 24

Affirmative assistance sufficient for complicity can be all except

A)handing the principal a gun,not knowing it is a toy
B)mapping the getaway
C)encouraging the principal to beat up his neighbor
D)not protecting a child in one's care from abuse by a principal

Question 25

What is an accessory after the fact and what are its for components?

Question 26

In general,when is the failure to act sufficient actus reus for a crime? Give examples of three different types of criminal omission

Question 27

Mens rea is

A)a wrongful act
B)a wrongful intent
C)the document used to charge someone with a crime
D)another term for complicity

Question 28

Under the Model Penal Code definition,wanton behavior is

A)less serious than negligence
B)purposeful conduct
C)the most serious form of recklessness
D)not criminalized because it is not purposeful

Question 29

The term that means "the body of the crime" and is proof that loss or injury occurred as a result of someone's criminal conduct is the _______________ ____________________.

Question 30

___________________________ behavior is the most serious form of reckless behavior and it is characterized by malicious or arrogant disregard of the known risk to the rights or safety of others.

Question 31

Actus reus can include all except

A)words
B)omissions
C)status
D)possession

Question 32

In the context of the components of a crime,_________________________ is the logical and consistent connection that must exist between the perpetrator's wrongful intent and wrongful act and between the wrongful intent and the resulting harm.

Question 33

What is the definition of general and specific intent and how do these two concept differ?

Question 34

Actus reus is significant in defining crimes

A)bcause thoughts are not knowable
B)only if mens rea has not been established
C)except when bad thoughts threaten democracy
D)except when bad thoughts threaten religion

Question 35

Professionals who work with children are required to report suspected child abuse

A)only by half of the states
B)by only local governments
C)onlly in federal jurisdictions
D)by all states

Question 36

What are the four components of a crime,including a definition of each component?

Question 37

Name the four Model Penal Code levels of mental culpability and give an example of each.
Four Model Penal Code levels are as follows:

Question 38

The _____________________ _________________ of the injury is the act most closely and directly responsible for that injury.

Question 39

Motive is

A)the same as intent
B)irrelevant in criminal cases
C)important in sentencing
D)evidence of causation

Question 40

Of the following,who would not be charged as an accomplice?

A)a person who lends affirmative assistance to another in the commission of a crime
B)a getaway driver who did not think his partner in crime was going to pull a gun on the store clerk
C)a dealer who provides illegal weapons and instructions on their use in a crime
D)a librarian who responds to the principal's request for a book on how to make a bomb

Question 41

What state of mens rea would you assign to the following criminal acts under the Model Penal Code?
a.A and B quarrel,A goes home and gets his gun,returns,and shoots and kills B.
b.A is on the porch cleaning his gun;it discharges and kills his neighbor,B.
c.A and B quarrel.In the middle of the scuffle,A pulls out a pistol and points it at B.The gun discharges and kills B.
d.A is on the back porch practicing quick draws with a loaded pistol.B walks by.A's gun discharges,killing B.

Question 42

Brenda had an opportunity to purchase a large shipment of Tylenol cold medication.This medication had been recalled by the manufacturer,but Brenda knew she could sell it cheaply to a small town pharmacy.Brenda told the pharmacist there that the shipment was not part of the recall and the pharmacist bought the medication.A child died as a result of taking the medication and Brenda has been charged with negligent homicide as a result of the sale of adulterated drugs.This is a strict liability offense in this jurisdiction.What is a strict liability offense? Why do we have strict liability offenses? How will a judge determine whether this falls within the parameters of a strict liability offense?

Question 43

What are two criticisms of possession crimes?