Exam 2: Definitions of Crime

Zoning laws are mala in se crimes because they lack what key attribute?

An accessory before the fact does which of the following?

Which of the following is an example of a crime that has been elevated in its seriousness by legislative act because they have been politically influenced?

What is the source of petit or summary crimes?

What are the various classifications of misdemeanors?

What offense is mostly mental in design?

A capital offense is defined as

A life felony is more serious than a felony of the first degree.

What are the various classifications of felonies?

If the principal to a crime is acquitted, the accessory can still be held legally for the accessory charge.

When a person who aids, abets, encourages, solicits, or incites another to commit a crime this under the laws of

A felony carries a less severe punishment than a misdemeanor though the actual time spent incarcerated never differs.

Describe how mala in se/mala prohibita classification of crime has some influence on the severity of the crime and the severity of punishment attached to each crime?

Why are misdemeanor crimes more likely than felony offenses to be diverted to alternative dispositions?

Robbery has been described as a larceny with force.

How does the Model Penal Code regard the primary criminal agent and an accomplice?

Describe the defenses available to persons accused of being an accessory to a crime?

What is the concept of vicarious liability?

What distinguishes a crime from a tort?

What defines that which is deviant and therefore criminal?