What is a Actus reus (guilty act)?
What will be an ideal response?
The first general feature of crime is that there must be an act in violation of the law. Here, the act is murder. If Joan stabbed her husband and he survived, she could be charged with attempted murder. If Joan took steps to complete the murder but was unable to carry out her attempt, she could be charged with conspiracy to commit murder. If she approached an undercover police officer and asked him to commit a murder, she could be charged with solicitation to commit a murder.
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All of the following are characteristics of an organization except:
a. hierarchal structure. b. division of labor. c. lack of rules regulating behavior. d. rules governing official functions. e. none of the above.
Which of the following individuals first claimed “no one is above the law”?
a. Caesar b. Plato c. Alexander the Great d. Socrates
The U.S. Supreme Court has adopted which test to determine whether a custodial interrogation has taken place?
A) An objective test B) A subjective test C) A reasonableness test D) The custody test
__________ involves illegal activities of people and institutions whose acknowledged purpose is profit through legitimate business transactions
a. Organized crime b. Enterprise crime c. White-collar crime d. Cyber crime