Jack was charged with assisting his terminally ill wife to commit suicide.According to John Hagen's typology,what type of illegal behaviour did Jack commit?
A) a crime mala in se
B) a consensus crime
C) an immoral crime
D) a crime mala prohibita

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Jack committed a crime mala prohibita, which means that the behavior is illegal because it is prohibited by law, rather than because it is inherently wrong (mala in se) or because it is universally condemned (consensus crime). The classification of the behavior as an immoral crime would depend on personal or cultural beliefs about the morality of euthanasia, rather than legal definitions.

Jack Was Charged with Assisting His Terminally Ill Wife to Commit