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In the United States, the law consists of |
| | A) | enactments of legislative bodies at the federal, state, and local level |
| | B) | decisions of the courts of the federal and state governments |
| | C) | rules and regulations proclaimed by administrative bodies |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The criminal law in the United States developed largely out of |
| | A) | English common law |
| | B) | the Code of Hammurabi |
| | C) | Anglo-Saxon law |
| | D) | Roman law |
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The law that deals with personal injury, contracts, and property is known as |
| | A) | tort |
| | B) | criminal law |
| | C) | civil law |
| | D) | statutory law |
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Which of the following is not an element of a crime? |
| | A) | actus reus |
| | B) | mens rea |
| | C) | parens patriae |
| | D) | a concurrence of act and mental state |
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Which of the following is not a corollary to the principle of legality? |
| | A) | criminal statutes should be understandable to reasonable law-abiding people |
| | B) | criminal statutes should be crafted so as not to delegate basic policy matters to policemen, judges, and juries for resolution on an ad hoc basis |
| | C) | judicial interpretation of ambiguous statutes should "be biased in favor of the accused" |
| | D) | laws should require intent to violate the law, rather than the intent to commit the act that the law prohibits |
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Today, the criminal law in most states is |
| | A) | common law |
| | B) | statutory law, often derived from common law |
| | C) | statutory law that prohibits courts from referring to common law in making decisions |
| | D) | vague and ambiguous |
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The recodification of the principles of criminal responsibility, which was created by the American Law Institute, is known as the |
| | A) | Model Penal Code |
| | B) | Uniform Criminal Law |
| | C) | Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act |
| | D) | Federal Penal Review |
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An example of punishment in the criminal justice system is |
| | A) | loss of license to practice a profession |
| | B) | imprisonment |
| | C) | payment of a settlement to a victim |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The notion that a social practice is desirable if it promotes human happiness more effectively than any other alternative is known as |
| | A) | retributive theory |
| | B) | utilitarian theory |
| | C) | deterrence theory |
| | D) | vengeance |
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Punishing an offender in order to cause other people to refrain from committing the same crime is an example of |
| | A) | general deterrence |
| | B) | individual deterrence |
| | C) | incapacitation |
| | D) | reform |
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Laws that impose maximum penalties for certain crimes are known as |
| | A) | three-strike laws |
| | B) | reform laws |
| | C) | vengeance |
| | D) | zero tolerance |
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The current trend in punishment is |
| | A) | greater efforts at rehabilitation |
| | B) | general deterrence |
| | C) | greater discretion for judges in sentencing decisions |
| | D) | less discretion in sentencing, and similar sentences for similar offenders |
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The practice, used in some Islamic countries, of cutting off the hands of thieves, is an example of |
| | A) | reform |
| | B) | modern views on punishment |
| | C) | vengeance |
| | D) | one-strike laws |
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Rehabilitative therapy and education are components of |
| | A) | vengeance |
| | B) | reform |
| | C) | deterrence |
| | D) | incapacitation |
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The jurisdiction of the federal government over criminal behavior |
| | A) | is clearly spelled out in the U.S. Constitution |
| | B) | emanates from the "necessary and proper" clause |
| | C) | is limited to crimes of treason, counterfeiting, and crimes against the law of nations |
| | D) | all of the above |
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education