In 2013, Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner H. Wayne Carver, ordered the testing of Newton, Connecticut, school shooter Adam Lanza's DNA in an effort to determine "if he possessed any genetic abnormalities that could have led to his violent
behavior." This is an examples of which of the theories listed below? a. Heredity and heritability b. Behavioral conditioning c. Chromosome theory
d. Biosocial criminology theory
c
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Synthetic correctional officers are
a. typically older. b. policy enforcers. c. aggressive towards inmates. d. desirous of becoming wardens.
When we say that the Ford Motor Company produced unsafe cars, we are treating the organization as:
a. a sum of individual actions b. an actor c. an abstraction d. a nonentity
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Murder is an example of a mala prohibita act. 2. The mental element of a crime is actus reus. 3. Mens rea refers to the intent to commit the crime. 4. Attendant circumstances refers to the relationship between mens rea and actus reus. 5. Substantive criminal law is another way to describe statutory law, as it refers to what acts we define as criminal.
Which type of law was essentially created by King Edward the Confessor of England?
A. statutory law B. constitutional law C. administrative law D. common law