Which of the following is NOT an element of criminal mischief?
a. Damage or destruction of property requiring repair
b. Property belongs to someone other than the accused
c. May be committed recklessly or by culpable negligence
d. Must be committed consciously, with realization of its effect
c
You might also like to view...
Which of the following is not a major contribution made by feminist scholarship and practice to criminological thinking?
a. A focus on gender as a central organizing principle of contemporary life
b. The recognition that social reality must be understood as a process
c. An emphasis on the application of semiotics to the concept of crime
d. A heightened sensitivity to the way social context helps shape human relationships
The system that required every male to enroll for police purposes in a group of 10 families was known as
a. frankpledge. b. hue and cry. c. tithing. d. warden.
Nineteenth-century reformers, known as ________________, developed programs for troubled youth and influenced legislation creating the juvenile justice system; today some critics view them as being more concerned with control of the poor than with their welfare
a. The League of Progressive Voters c. The United Youth Council b. child savers d. Up With People
Which of the following is true of plea bargaining in white collar crime cases?
a. It is generally unknown in white collar crime cases b. It tends to be less cooperative negotiation and more adversarial confrontation in white collar crime cases as compared to conventional crime cases c. It is far less common in white collar crime cases because defendants have no serious incentives to plead guilty d. It is most effective for the defense when the defendant holds off making a deal as long as possible, as in the case of Michael Milken