Criminal Law Quiz 1 Flashcards
Private wrongs for which you can sue the party who wronged you and recover money are known as…
Torts
An offense which is punishable by one year or more in a state prison is called a…
Felony
Crimes that are inherently evil and require some level of criminal intent are called
Mala in se
List one example of a mala in se crime:
Armed robbery
In early England, judge-made law, in which judge’s court opinions formed the law, is known as…
Common law
What does it mean to “codify” criminal law?
To make written definitions of crimes and punishment enacted by legislatures and publish them
In 1962, the American Law Institute proposed a draft criminal code called the ______ which has been used as a resource by states to reform their criminal code.
Model code
To obtain a conviction, the prosecution must prove ______ element of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt.
Every
The idea that only by inflicting physical and psychological pain as punishment can offenders pay for their crimes refers to which purpose of punishment?
Retribution
An _______ law is a retroactive law that criminalizes an act that was not a crime when the act occurred.
Ex post facto
The principle of ______ holds that no one can be convicted for a crime unless the law defined the crime and prescribed the punishment before the person engaged in the behavior that was defined as a crime
Legality
What doctrine is concerned with giving individuals fair notice of what is criminal and preventing arbitrary or discriminatory enforcement of laws?
Void-for-vagueness
Which amendment contains the ban on cruel and unusual punishment?
8th Amendment
_________ aims to prevent future crimes by changing individual offenders so they want to play by the rules and won’t commit any more crimes in the future
Retribution
In a court opinion, the case _____ consists of the numbers, letters, and punctuation that follow the title of a case.
Citation
