Explain the difference between criminal law and civil law. To illustrate this difference, consider the case of a car accident in which the person who caused the accident has been drinking alcohol. Explain the criminal and civil consequences the offender would experience from this act.
What will be an ideal response?
Responses will vary
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Under the English common law system, crime was viewed as what kind of harm?
a. Public b. Private c. Social d. Individual
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. An inhabited dwelling, as it applies to burglary, is a dwelling that persons must actually reside in though the occupants may be temporarily absent as long as they intend to return. 2. The element of consent in extortion does not mean the victim voluntarily wishes to part with his property but that he does so to avoid unfavorable consequences. 3. Theft is a specific intent crime. To commit a theft the intent to steal must exist in the mind of the perpetrator at the time of the theft. The “intent to steal” is the intent to permanently deprive the owner of use or title to his or her property. 4. The elements of arson under PC 451, in addition to the actual burning are that the burning is willful and malicious, and is of an intentional or incendiary origin. 5. Possession of stolen goods is not itself sufficient to justify a conviction of theft. A person who is in possession of stolen property has a duty to explain his possession in order to remove the effect of possession as a circumstance, taken with other suspicious facts of guilt.
Law enforcement officers have a defense called _______________, wherein individual officers cannot be held personally liable for official action if their action meets the test of objective legal reasonableness
a. qualified immunity b. the good faith defense c. the Bivens umbrella d. the law enforcement exception
In most U.S. states, the upper age limit of the juvenile court is 17
Indicate whether the statement is true or false