Criminal Law Chapter 3 Review

Creation of Peril

If George pushes Gary, who cannot swim, into a lake; Gary struggles and cries out for help; and George fails to assist, George can be guilty of a crime. Which omission would satisfy the actus reus requirement specific to Georges situation?

Conduct

Reckless driving is an example of a ______ crime.

Motivational

This type of concurrence states that the mens rea must be linked to the actus reus it is intended to a company.

General

This type of intent is the intent to commit the actus reus or criminal act of the crime only.

Strict Liability Offenses

Crime that do not require mens rea or criminal intent is known as ______.

Intervening

Another event besides the actions of the defendant that resulted in the harm after the defendant act is known as ______ cause.

Bad Samaritan Laws

Laws that make it a crime for someone to fail to come to the aid of another who is in danger is known as ______.

Mens rea; Actus reus

Temporal concurrence means that the ______ must accompany the ______ in time.

Conduct Crime

Crimes that are complete when the criminal act and criminal intent concur are known as ______.

General

The doctrine of legality and lenity fit within the ______ part of the criminal law.

Result

These crimes are offenses that are not complete without actual harm.

Negligence

This type of mens rea or criminal intent in which the defendant unconsciously creates a risk of harm and does not act like a reasonable person under the circumstances.

Result

Causation, the requirement that the defendant is responsible for the harm, applies only to ____ crimes.

Causation

The requirement that the defendant is responsible for the harm in result crimes is known as ______.

Factual

This form of causation is the requirement that the defendants conduct was the cause in fact of the harm.

Malice

This is the intent to commit a wrongful act without a legitimate cause or excuse.

Malum Prohibitum

Which is not one of the 3 basic elements to criminal liability.

Coincidence

Which is not one of the basic elements of criminal liability?