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The Pre-Law Seminar offers students an introduction to the foundations and practices of the legal profession, preparing them for future legal studies and careers. Through interactive lectures, case studies, and discussions, students explore key concepts such as legal reasoning, the structure of courts, constitutional principles, and the ethics of law. The course also covers essential skills for aspiring law students, including analytical thinking, effective argumentation, and critical reading of legal texts. Guest speakers from the legal field and practical workshops further enhance students understanding of the demands and opportunities in law, helping them make informed decisions about their future academic and professional paths.
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Criminal Law 1st Edition by John L. Worrall
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Chapter 1: The Basics of Criminal Law
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Q1) What protection is provided by the Fourth Amendment?
A)Self-incrimination
B)Due process violations
C)Unreasonable searches and seizures
D)Cruel and unusual punishments
Answer: C
Q2) A _________ opinion agrees with the majority decision but for different reasons. Answer: concurring
Q3) What do some consider to be the only goal of the criminal law?
A)Retribution
B)Punishment
C)Rehabilitation
D)None of the above
Answer: B
Q4) Should Americans enjoy a right to privacy, even though no such right is listed in the Constitution? Why?
Answer: Answers will include the Fourth Amendment, probable cause, search and seizure, and laws governing each.
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Chapter 2: Limitations on the Criminal Law
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Q1) In <i>Beauharnais v. Illinois</i>, a man was convicted under a __________ for distributing a leaflet that called for keeping African Americans out of white neighborhoods.
Answer: Libel law
Q2) What constitutional doctrine is based on the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and requires that laws be written with sufficient clarity and specificity?
A)Void of definition
B)Void of action
C)Void of vagueness
D)Void of opportunity
Answer: C
Q3) In what case did the Supreme Court declare unconstitutional a statute that explicitly barred African Americans from jury service?
A)Stringer v.California
B)Strauder v.Virginia
C)Jones v.Texas
D)Mohammad v.Florida
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: The Elements of Criminal Liability
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Q1) The five basic elements of culpable mental states are _____________________.
Answer: Knowingly, willingly, intentionally, through recklessness, or negligence
Q2) __________________ requires that there can be no criminal liability for a resulting harm "unless it can be shown that the defendant's conduct was the cause-in-fact of the prohibited result."
Answer: Factual causation
Q3) Only a few states have laws that require certain officials to report actions such as child abuse. Failure to report can lead to criminal liability by omission.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) When the consequences of a person's actions are desired, this is known as direct intent.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q5) A person cannot be guilty of a crime unless he or she commits a
Answer: Voluntary act
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Chapter 4: Justification Defenses
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Q1) At common law, the victim of an unlawful arrest could use as much force necessary to resist an illegal arrest with the exception of _________________.
Q2) The difference between the castle doctrine and "make my day law" is that the latter is premised on a defense of habitation theory, not a self-defense theory.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A defense of necessity will likely succeed if a person drives on a suspended license, a relatively minor crime, to take a sick loved one to the hospital.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Excuse defenses can include which of the following categories?
A)Involuntary action
B)Action related to cognitive deficiencies
C)Action related to volitional deficiencies
D)All of the above
Q5) The necessity defense, also called the ________________ defense, justifies certain types of criminal activity when it cannot be avoided.
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Chapter 5: Excuse Defenses
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Q1) Excuse defenses are a waste of court time and taxpayer money because they are too controversial and non-essential.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _________________ is an excuse defense applicable when the defendant is forced to commit a crime by threat or force.
Q3) Causation is a core requirement in certain criminal offenses (particularly result crimes).
A)True
B)False
Q4) Urban psychosis is a condition analogous to PTSD that results from a "traumatic childhood in a violent inner-city home and neighborhood."
A)True
B)False
Q5) ______________ defenses, while controversial, are essential.
Q6) Intoxication is important in criminal law because it affects ______________.
Q7) There are three main mechanisms for treating juveniles as adults: legislative exclusion, concurrent jurisdiction, and _____________.
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Chapter 6: Complicity and Vicarious Liability
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Q1) Since the 2001 demise of energy giant Enron, government officials may resort to what type of agreements?
A)Defense to prosecution agreements
B)Deferred prosecution agreements
C)Civil liability agreements
D)None of the above
Q2) There are some exceptions, but most jurisdictions limit accomplice liability to the most serious offenses.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is "a state of being an accomplice?"
A)Accomplished
B)Complicity
C)Accomplicity
D)Inclusive
Q4) An ___________________ is typically a participant in a crime after the crime is committed.
Q5) The accomplice's <i>mens rea </i>must match the _____________ of the underlying offense.
Q6) Being an __________________ is not quite as serious a being an accomplice.
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Chapter 7: Inchoate Crimes
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Q1) Wharton's rule provides that a conspiracy can occur when two persons are required for the commission of a crime.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Sometimes prosecutors are faced with a chain conspiracy which is a small-scale conspiracy including individuals who are aware of each other throughout the conspiracy.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If Fred and Susan plan to kill John, purchase an illegal gun to use in the murder, and eventually actually murder John, they are considered accomplices and will be charged with murder because of what factor?
A)Conspiracy factor
B)Absolute factor
C)Complicity factor
D)None of the above.
Q4) Inherent impossibility is a defense that is a form of legal impossibility.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Homicide
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Q1) What is the term in some states relating to the causing the death of an unborn fetus?
A)Feticide
B)Fetus murder
C)Fetus homicide
D)None of the above
Q2) One of the limitations placed on the felony murder rule is that the felony must be dependent of the homicide.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the term for separating a trial into two parts?
A)Bi-trial
B)Bi-jury
C)Bifurcation
D)Trifurcation
Q4) In Nibert v. Florida, the Supreme Court of Florida affirmed the conviction and the death sentence handed down by the lower court.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Assaultive Offenses
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Q1) What is the primary difference in theft from a person and robbery?
A)The taking of personal property
B)The lack of intent to return the property to the rightful owner
C)The presence of violence or instilling of fear in the owner of the property
D)None of the above
Q2) A person who has sexual intercourse with a person who may give consent, but is below the legal age of consent is guilty of what offense?
A)Child intercourse
B)Sex with a child
C)Statutory rape
D)None of the above
Q3) Inappropriate touching, forced kissing, indecent exposure, and a variety of other acts may constitute ______________.
Q4) The fifth element of the actus reus of robbery is __________________.
Q5) In Illinois, armed robbery requires that the offense be committed "while armed with a dangerous weapon."
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Property Damage and Invasion
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Q1) Hacking refers to a person breaking into computer systems with the intent to alter or modify settings.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Cyberterrorism is generally understood to refer to unlawful attacks only against computers, networks, and the information stored therein when done to intimidate or coerce a government or its people in furtherance of political or social objectives.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Vandalism and criminal mischief are always considered two separate crimes instead of one being a form of the other.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Steve is a small-time burglar who forces entry into a home with the intent to steal a TV he could see from the living room window. A neighbor sees Steve break the glass of the front door and calls 911. The police arrive and arrest Steve before he can disconnect the TV and make his get away. Steve may be charged with _______________.
Q5) One of the primary cybercrime uses of the computer is ________________.
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Chapter 11: Theft and Analogous Offenses
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Q1) The key element of extortion or blackmail is the threat of future harm.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Steve uses Vicky's name and insurance information to obtain medical services and drugs. He may be charged with ____________________.
Q3) What is a blanket term describing the many varieties of products attributable to human intellect?
A)IQ development
B)Intellectual property
C)Smart property
D)None of the above
Q4) George took an antique saddle from Sallie's home, but left Sallie cash that covered the value of the saddle. Since he did not intend to deprive Sallie of the value of the saddle George is not guilty of a crime.
A)True
B)False
Q5) _____________________ is defined as the false making or the material altering of a document with the intent to defraud.
Q6) The trespass element of larceny stems from the Latin term _________________.
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Chapter 12: Public Order, Morality, and Vice Crimes
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Q1) What type of pornography did the U.S. Supreme court unanimously declare was not protected by the First Amendment?
A)Bestiality
B)Necrophilia
C)Child pornography
D)None of the above
Q2) States currently maintain laws providing that a person is considered under the influence if that person operates a motor vehicle with a blood or breath alcohol level of
Q3) What mens rea is required to convict a suspect of the crime of prostitution?
A)Knowingly
B)Recklessly
C)Negligently
D)None of the above
Q4) A sculpture of a woman, on display at a local museum, reveals an accurate depiction of female genitalia. This is a form of pornography and will result in the arrest of the person that created the sculpture as well as the owner of the museum.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Terrorism and Offenses Against the State
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Q1) Discuss the six characteristics presented by Criminologist Gwynn Nettler. What does each of these characteristics have to do with typical acts of terrorism? Do these characteristics apply to all forms of terrorism? If so, how? If not, why?
Q2) Proceedings for deportation of aliens must conform to constitutional requirements, especially due process.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a "crude hyperbole, which in light of its context and conditional nature did not constitute a knowing and willful threat," applies to what law?
A)Unlawful verbal abuse
B)Unlawful complicity
C)Threatening the President
D)None of the above
Q4) The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights of due process and access to jury trials apply to _______________.
Q5) ___________________ is typically damage to property or obstructing preparation for war or national defense.
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