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Chapter 4: Inside Criminal Law

Quiz by Debbie Rowell

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  • Q1
    The __________ Amendment protects against double jeopardy.
    8th
    6th
    5th
    4th
    120s
  • Q2
    In criminal law, ______________ prevents unfair practices such as forced confessions, denial of counsel, or unreasonable searches.
    procedural due process
    substantive due process
    stare decisis
    lex talionis
    120s
  • Q3
    A woman, thinking that her divorce in another state has been finalized when it has not, marries for a second time, thereby committing bigamy. This is an example of the _____________defense.
    intoxication
    mistake
    infancy
    insanity
    120s
  • Q4
    Ultimately, it is the __________ that determines whether an individual's due process has been violated.
    President
    prosecutor
    United States Supreme Court
    federal legislature
    120s
  • Q5
    Alcohol intoxication can be used as a defense when
    no injuries are sustained by the victims.
    it does not involve large amounts.
    it is involuntary.
    never.
    120s
  • Q6
    The body of law developed from custom or judicial decisions in English and U.S. courts and not attributed to a legislature is called
    common law.
    case law decisions.
    administrative laws and rules.
    precedent.
    120s
  • Q7
    A _________ law is a statute that provides for greater punishments against those who commit crimes motivated by bias against an individual or a group based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or age.
    hate crime
    inchoate crime
    strict liability crime
    targeted crime
    120s
  • Q8
    According to criminal law, there must be _____________ between the guilty act and the guilty mind.
    compatibility
    coincidence
    connection
    concurrence
    120s
  • Q9
    The _______ Amendment guarantees a speedy trial.
    6th
    8th
    4th
    5th
    120s
  • Q10
    All of the following are requirements for the defense of duress EXCEPT
    the harm threatened must be greater than the harm caused by the crime.
    the threat must be induced by a public official.
    the threat must be of serious bodily harm or death.
    the threat must be immediate and inescapable.
    120s
  • Q11
    The "duty to retreat" is part of which defense?
    self defense
    duress
    insanity
    entrapment
    120s
  • Q12
    Mens rea may be categorized as
    with malice aforethought.
    reckless or negligent.
    purposeful, knowing, negligent, or reckless.
    premeditated and deliberate.
    120s
  • Q13
    Hate crime laws make a person's ________ an important attendant circumstance to his or her criminal act.
    motive
    negligence
    knowledge
    ethnicity
    120s
  • Q14
    Which of the following is not a justification defense?
    duress
    involuntary intoxication
    necessity
    entrapment
    120s
  • Q15
    Which of the following is not one of the functions of criminal law?
    protecting citizens from criminal harm
    teaching societal boundaries
    rehabilitating criminal offenders
    expressing public morality
    120s

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