Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?
a. Before an accused can be found guilty of a homicidal crime, the prosecution must establish that the victim was alive before the accused's criminal act.
b. In a murder case, the corpus delicti consists of the fact that a human being is dead and that the death was caused by the criminal act or agency of another person.
c. In a murder case, the prosecution must establish that the defendant's act was the proximate cause of the victim's death.
d. Suicide was not regarded as a crime under early English common law.
D
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The first juvenile institution in the United States was
a. the New York House of Refuge b. the Cleveland Cottages c. The California Youth Detention Center d. The Boston Youth Detention Center
Guardian ad litem requires juveniles to be housed separately from adult offenders
a. True b. False
John is a Lieutenant for a smaller police department (25 members). His top strength is "positivity." He is hopeful. He is optimistic. He is high in trusting others. If John's strength is over-used or excessed, what is the potential outcome?
a. John may be blinded by an officer who is lying on his activity reports. b. John may become an ethical problem for the department. c. John may decide to leave the occupation due to the stress of negativity of the job. d. John may be a suicide risk.
Storyville was a quasi-legal gambling area of 38 blocks in New Orleans, named after Alderman Sidney Story
a. True b. False