Question 1

Neither defamation nor obscenity receives First Amendment protection.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Moses saw the law as a moral code dictated by God that represented a contract.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

By the time of the Emperor Justinian, a more clear division between civil wrongs and true crimes had evolved. Most crimes were punishable by:

Accepted Answer

A)   Monetary compensation
B)   Death or by exile enforced by transportation to a far-off land
C)   Flogging
D)   All of the above D

Question 4

The blur between civil and criminal law continued in Ancient Rome.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Talk About:
-Inchoate crimes

Accepted Answer

The answer of Talk About:
-Inchoate crimes...

Question 6

Talk About:
-Strict liability

Accepted Answer

The answer of Talk About:
-Strict liability...

Question 7

Talk About:
-Defenses of excuse

Accepted Answer

The answer of Talk About:
-Defenses of excuse...

Question 8

Consider the crime of robbery. The forcible taking of personal property from a person is:

Accepted Answer

A)   Mens rea
B)   Attendant circumstances
C)   Actusreus
D)   Result

Question 9

Talk About:
-Result

Accepted Answer

The answer of Talk About:
-Result...

Question 10

Under this covenant, God would not act capriciously, but rather would protect His followers so long as they held up their end of the bargain by adhering to a prescribed ethical tract. This is the belief of:

Accepted Answer

A)   Code of Hammurabi
B)   Code of Ur-Namma
C)   Mosaic Hebrew Law
D)   Ancient Greek Civilization

Question 11

A law criminalizing flag burning was determined to be unconstitutionally overbroad in Texas v. Johnson (1989). The Court held that the law infringed upon people's right to express their dissatisfaction with the government through the symbolic speech embodied in the action of burning the flag. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)   Freedom of Religion
B)   Free Exercise Clause
C)   Overbreadth
D)   Freedom of the Press

Question 12

Talk About:
-Defenses

Accepted Answer

The answer of Talk About:
-Defenses...

Question 13

Procedural defenses are rooted in concern for due process and other forms of procedural justice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Crimes in which people are physically victimized are considered to be the most serious of criminal offenses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

When a law enforcement agent persuades a citizen to commit a crime they would not have otherwise committed:":

Accepted Answer

A)   Mens Rea
B)   Entrapment
C)   Free Exercise Clause
D)   Actusreus

Question 16

In most U.S. jurisdictions, the insanity defenses excuses criminal liability if, as a result of a qualifying mental disease or defect, a person lacks the substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness/criminality of his or her actions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Talk About:
-Code of Ur-Namma

Accepted Answer

The answer of Talk About:
-Code of Ur-Namma...

Question 18

Under this man, Greeks began to distinguish between private wrongs, akin to our civil law, and offenses that harmed the community as a whole, akin to our criminal law:

Accepted Answer

A)   Solon
B)   Draco
C)   Emperor Justinian
D)   Hammurabi

Question 19

Many acts that we think of today as crimes, such as homicide and rape, were not viewed as

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Talk About:
-Trial by combat

Accepted Answer

The answer of Talk About:
-Trial by combat...

Exam 9: Criminal Law

Neither defamation nor obscenity receives First Amendment protection.

Moses saw the law as a moral code dictated by God that represented a contract.

By the time of the Emperor Justinian, a more clear division between civil wrongs and true crimes had evolved. Most crimes were punishable by:

The blur between civil and criminal law continued in Ancient Rome.

Talk About: -Inchoate crimes

Talk About: -Strict liability

Talk About: -Defenses of excuse

Consider the crime of robbery. The forcible taking of personal property from a person is:

Talk About: -Result

Under this covenant, God would not act capriciously, but rather would protect His followers so long as they held up their end of the bargain by adhering to a prescribed ethical tract. This is the belief of:

Talk About: -Defenses

Procedural defenses are rooted in concern for due process and other forms of procedural justice.

Crimes in which people are physically victimized are considered to be the most serious of criminal offenses.

When a law enforcement agent persuades a citizen to commit a crime they would not have otherwise committed:":

In most U.S. jurisdictions, the insanity defenses excuses criminal liability if, as a result of a qualifying mental disease or defect, a person lacks the substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness/criminality of his or her actions.

Talk About: -Code of Ur-Namma

Under this man, Greeks began to distinguish between private wrongs, akin to our civil law, and offenses that harmed the community as a whole, akin to our criminal law:

Many acts that we think of today as crimes, such as homicide and rape, were not viewed as

Talk About: -Trial by combat