Exam 11: Assault, Battery, and Other Crimes Against the Person

Included in the crime of _________ today are (1) an attempt to commit a battery in which no actual battery or physical injury resulted, and/or (2) an intentional frightening.

Mark turns in his last final exam of the semester and returns to his dorm. He begins to consume alcoholic beverages and is soon very drunk. In his inebriated state, he begins to throw furniture out of the window, and the last item he tosses, a couch, lands on a passerby walking below. Mark's celebration ends when campus security arrives and places him under arrest.If the victim in this preface loses an eye or is disfigured in some fashion, then a charge of _____ may also be added against Mark, if it can be shown that Mark intended to hurt the victim. ​

Susie is out at a night club she frequents and it is crowded. She feels the hands of another patron on her hip as he attempts to move past her. She asks the bouncer to detain the man as she dials 911. The police respond and when they arrive on the scene they arrest the man.

When using the ______ defense, the defendant claims the other party was the aggressor and the defendant acted in self-defense. ​

A defense to a charge of unwanted touching or physical contact could be that the touching was: ​

Chuck meets his daughter after school and gives her a ride home, but today, the ride won't end at the mother's home, but rather at Chuck's, who takes this opportunity to take his daughter out of state. Chuck intends never to return his daughter to her mother, who has legal custody.

Assault made more serious by the presence of a(n) ____ or as part of intent to commit a felony is aggravated assault.

Susie is out at a night club she frequents and it is crowded. She feels the hands of another patron on her hip as he attempts to move past her. She asks the bouncer to detain the man as she dials 911. The police respond and when they arrive on the scene they arrest the man.

______ is a battery that causes serious bodily injury or is committed with a deadly weapon. ​

The crime of kidnapping involves unlawfully: ​

Willfully inflicting an injury on another so as to cripple or mutilate the person is referred to as ____.

The presence of one or more ___________ factors could result in an assault or battery being charged as a felony.

Which of the following statements is true? ​

Child ___________ is the abduction of a child by one parent without the consent of the other parent.

Taking advantage of an older person, or abusing him or her physically, is: ​

The common law definition of mayhem is unlawfully and violently depriving the victim of full use of any functional member of the body.

An assault conviction requires acts intended to cause: ​

For purposes of an aggravated assault or aggravated battery charge, explain what may constitute a "deadly or dangerous weapon."

Chuck meets his daughter after school and gives her a ride home, but today, the ride won't end at the mother's home, but rather at Chuck's, who takes this opportunity to take his daughter out of state. Chuck intends never to return his daughter to her mother, who has legal custody.

Parents do not have a legal duty to provide their children with: ​