Give an example of a case involving a "mistake of fact".
What will be an ideal response?
An example of a case involving a “mistake of fact” would be when a defendant was charged with unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl of 17, who voluntarily engaged in the act with him, but whom he believed in good faith to be 18 years of age. This is a defense alleging no criminal intent.
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A(n) ______ is an intense public response to a perceived problem that is way out of proportion to its reality.
A. demonstration B. moral panic C. protest D. outcry
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. If a suspect has so much as a finger or a toe outside a doorway to the home, the arrest is no longer considered an arrest “in the home.” 2. Police may make a warrantless arrest if they reasonably believe that to fail to do so would place the public safety in jeopardy. 3. Police are allowed to enter a home and make an arrest without a search or an arrest warrant in order to prevent the imminent destruction of evidence. 4. According to the old fleeing-felon rule, private citizens could use deadly force to stop a felon and were even immune from criminal and civil liability if they were proven to have been incorrect about the nature of the individual killed. 5. Stemming from Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, the U.S. Supreme Court opted not to mandate the rules regarding arrests and misdemeanors but rather left it to the states to decide.
Police officers see themselves primarily as crime fighters
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Explain the similarities and differences between deviance and crime, and provide examples.
What will be an ideal response?