Which condition pertains to mens rea?

A) ?Failure to perform a legally required duty that is based on relation-ship or status.
B) Imposition by statute.
C) The person could not have known the potential consequences of their actions.
D) A contractual relationship.
E) The duty to act is a legal and not a moral duty.


C

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a. Designing a test of this hypothesis b. Interpreting the results of the analysis, and by the process of induction c. Confirming, modifying, or rejecting the theory d. All of the above e. Only a & c, but not b.

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Police officers who execute an arrest warrant have not committed kidnapping because of the legal justification called public ________

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. A general skepticism about current knowledge stimulates researchers to improve validity of current research results. 2. Causal validity is also known as external validity. 3. Sample generalizability exists when a conclusion based on the subset of a larger population holds true for the general population. 4. Patterns in data are summarized as empirical generalizations. 5. A specific implication deduced from the more general theory is known as a constant.

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The collection of certain debts owed the federal government is one of the responsibilities of ____

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