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criminal Law 1-5
Criminal law chapters 1 through 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Criminal Law Imagination | The contributions of law, history, philosophy, the social sciences and sometimes the biology to explain the moral desires we wish to impose on the world |
| The core offenses comprise the most serious crimes into what 2 categories | felonies against person and felonies against property |
| A year or more in prison is considered ____________ time | Hard |
| carceral is | jail or prison |
| All responsibilities of government listed in the preamble to the U.S constitution | *Form a more perfect union *Establish justice *Insure domestic tranquility *Provide for the common defense *Promote general welfare *Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity |
| in 1777 New York had fallen to who | British army |
| municipal codes | criminal law created by city and town councils elected by city residents |
| what is (MPC) | Model Penal Code |
| what is (ALI) | American Law Institute |
| how many states changed their criminal codes in 1962 | 40 |
| as of 2009 the United States had 5 % of the population and ___% of its prisoners | 25% |
| another word for preventionist | consequentialist |
| The use of punishment to reduce future crimes is ______ | Deterrence |
| Incapacitation | incarceration |
| rehabilitation | reform |
| 7 parts of case excerpts | 1. title 2. citation 3. procedure history 4. judge 5. facts 6. judgement 7. opinion |
| rule of Law | the idea that government power should be defined and limited by laws |
| burden of production | to make defenses responsible for presenting evidence in their own justification or excuse defense |
| the right of law-abiding responsible citizens to use arms in defense of hearth and home is what amendment | second |
| barbaric punishment | punishments no longer acceptable to civilized society |
| actus reus requires what | all crimes include a voluntary act |
| mens rea | criminal intent the mental element of a crime |
| what requires criminal act triggered by criminal intent | conduct crimes |
| what are the 5 elements included in result crimes | 1. voluntary act 2. the mental element 3. circumstantial elements 4. causation 5. a criminal harm |
| voluntary bodily movements | criminal acts |
| Automatism | unconscious bodily movements |
| status | the character or condition of a person or thing |
| corpus delicti is Latin for | body of the crime |
| Not providing information when legally required to | failure to report |
| mere possession | items you possess but don't know what they are |
| general intent | the intent to commit a criminal act forbidden by statute |
| specific intent | the general intent to commit the actus reus of a crime plus the intent to cause a criminally harmful result |
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