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2.6: CRJ OER CJ CH 3.3 Multiple Choice Questions (15)

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    Having physical control or custody over something.

    • Negligently
    • Actual Possession
    • Malice Aforethought
    • Recklessly

    A culpable mental state that requires the actor to be aware of the nature of his or her action; the actor knew what would happen when he or she acted.

    • Actus Reus
    • Knowingly
    • Constructive Possession
    • Harm

    For crimes that name a particular ____________ that the law seeks to prohibit (such as the killing of a person in murder), the ________ must actually occur.

    • Harm; Harm
    • Omission; Concurrence
    • Actual Possession; Harm
    • Concurrence; Possession

    A culpable mental state specifying that the actor should have been aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk.

    • Concurrence
    • Actus Reus
    • Knowingly
    • Negligently

    An element of crimes requiring that the criminal act (actus reus) be a product of the criminal intent (mens rea).

    • Model Penal Code
    • Negligently
    • Concurrence
    • Actual Possession

    An element of some crimes that requires that the criminal act (actus reus) cause the harm the law seeks to prohibit.

    • Concurrence
    • Malice Aforethought
    • Causation
    • Knowingly

    A standard criminal code first developed by the American Law Institute (ALI) in 1962; adopted by many states.

    • Harm
    • Model Penal Code
    • Concurrence
    • Malice Aforethought

    Having dominion or control over something; the actus reus of many crimes such as the control of weapons or controlled substances.

    • Recklessly
    • Possession
    • Knowingly
    • Elements (of crimes)

    A set of facts that must be proven to convict a defendant of a particular crime.

    • Constructive Possession
    • Elements (of crimes)
    • Malice Aforethought
    • Knowingly

    A deliberate, premeditated intent to cause a criminal harm; an element of common law murder.

    • Causation
    • Omission
    • Malice Aforethought
    • Constructive Possession

    A culpable mental state requiring that the actor consciously disregard a substantial and unjustifiable risk.

    • Recklessly
    • Negligently
    • Possession
    • Constructive Possession

    Failure to perform a legally required act such as paying taxes or providing care to children; a type of actus reus in criminal law.

    • Recklessly
    • Purposely
    • Concurrence
    • Omission

    A culpable mental state requiring that the actor have the criminal act as his or her “conscious object;” the criminal harm was done on purpose.

    • Possession
    • Causation
    • Purposely
    • Actual Possession

    The legal doctrine of a person being in possession of an object even when they were not in actual physical control of the object at the time.

    • Possession
    • Constructive Possession
    • Purposely
    • Model Penal Code

    The act or omission that a statute seeks to prohibit.

    • Purposely
    • Actus Reus
    • Causation
    • Harm

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