What is the defense for criminal liability that is used to assert a lack of criminal responsibility because according to law, a person cannot have the requisite state of mind to commit a crime?

a. duress
b. insanity
c. entrapment
d. mistake


b

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a. trait b. behavior c. personal-situational d. contingency e. interaction-expectation

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When a piece of evidence is unknown, it is referred to as:

a. Unknown evidence b. Questioned evidence c. Unusual evidence d. Unrelated evidence

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In order to attempt to individualize a hair to a specific person, an investigator would need _____.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The Abilene Paradox is an example of __________.

A. brainstorming B. intuition C. groupthink D. force-field analysis

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