Comparative Criminal Justice EXAM 1
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An overview of the American system of criminal justice, what
law do we run under? - Correct Answers ✅common law
tradition
Does every country have a legal system? - Correct Answers
✅yes
what are the three subsystems of a legal system? - Correct
Answers ✅criminal law, civil law and administrative law
What are the two types of law under the criminal subsystem?
- Correct Answers ✅Substantive law and procedural law
Substantive Law - Correct Answers ✅contains definitions of
crime, punishment and defences
What is crime referred to as? - Correct Answers ✅felonies
and misdemeanors
Offenses refer to? - Correct Answers ✅felonies,
misdemeanours, violations, traffic infractions
Consquences to violation of traffic infractions? - Correct
Answers ✅Imprisonment no more than 15 days.
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Types of punishments if a violation occurs against criminal
law - Correct Answers ✅Death, imprisonment, fine, or
removal from a public office, disqualification of holding a
public office
types of defences in court? - Correct Answers ✅excuses
and justifications (exculpations)
Excuses - Correct Answers ✅Age, intoxication, insanity and
mistake
Age and Infancy Defense - Correct Answers ✅Person is too
young to be charged with the crime. Not guilty due to virtue
of youth. (16 years old)
Intoxication Defense - Correct Answers ✅A defense
requiring proof that the defendant was not able to form the
requisite mens rea due to intoxication
The difference between voluntary and involuntary
intoxication - Correct Answers ✅voluntary intoxication is a
partial defense that means, you get to have your charge
reduced from for example murder to manslaughter because
you couldn't have premeditation to commit a murder
insanity defense - Correct Answers ✅legal defense
proposing that people shouldn't be held legally responsible
, Comparative Criminal Justice EXAM 1
Questions and Answers (Latest 2026)
for their actions if they weren't of "sound mind" when
committing them
Mistake Defense - Correct Answers ✅Mistake of law is
generally no defense for a criminal charge.
Many courts will find that a mistake of law negates the intent
if:
The law was not reasonably made known to the public
Defendant reasonably relied on an erroneous but official
statement of the law.
Justifications for punishment - Correct Answers ✅self-
defense, entrapment, duress (coercion), Necessity
procedural criminal law - Correct Answers ✅law defining
the procedures that criminal justice officials must follow in
enforcement, adjudication, and corrections
How many amendments regard the criminal procedure in us?
- Correct Answers ✅five
4th Amendment - Correct Answers ✅Protection against
Unreasonable Search and Seizure
Questions and Answers (Latest 2026)
An overview of the American system of criminal justice, what
law do we run under? - Correct Answers ✅common law
tradition
Does every country have a legal system? - Correct Answers
✅yes
what are the three subsystems of a legal system? - Correct
Answers ✅criminal law, civil law and administrative law
What are the two types of law under the criminal subsystem?
- Correct Answers ✅Substantive law and procedural law
Substantive Law - Correct Answers ✅contains definitions of
crime, punishment and defences
What is crime referred to as? - Correct Answers ✅felonies
and misdemeanors
Offenses refer to? - Correct Answers ✅felonies,
misdemeanours, violations, traffic infractions
Consquences to violation of traffic infractions? - Correct
Answers ✅Imprisonment no more than 15 days.
,Comparative Criminal Justice EXAM 1
Questions and Answers (Latest 2026)
Types of punishments if a violation occurs against criminal
law - Correct Answers ✅Death, imprisonment, fine, or
removal from a public office, disqualification of holding a
public office
types of defences in court? - Correct Answers ✅excuses
and justifications (exculpations)
Excuses - Correct Answers ✅Age, intoxication, insanity and
mistake
Age and Infancy Defense - Correct Answers ✅Person is too
young to be charged with the crime. Not guilty due to virtue
of youth. (16 years old)
Intoxication Defense - Correct Answers ✅A defense
requiring proof that the defendant was not able to form the
requisite mens rea due to intoxication
The difference between voluntary and involuntary
intoxication - Correct Answers ✅voluntary intoxication is a
partial defense that means, you get to have your charge
reduced from for example murder to manslaughter because
you couldn't have premeditation to commit a murder
insanity defense - Correct Answers ✅legal defense
proposing that people shouldn't be held legally responsible
, Comparative Criminal Justice EXAM 1
Questions and Answers (Latest 2026)
for their actions if they weren't of "sound mind" when
committing them
Mistake Defense - Correct Answers ✅Mistake of law is
generally no defense for a criminal charge.
Many courts will find that a mistake of law negates the intent
if:
The law was not reasonably made known to the public
Defendant reasonably relied on an erroneous but official
statement of the law.
Justifications for punishment - Correct Answers ✅self-
defense, entrapment, duress (coercion), Necessity
procedural criminal law - Correct Answers ✅law defining
the procedures that criminal justice officials must follow in
enforcement, adjudication, and corrections
How many amendments regard the criminal procedure in us?
- Correct Answers ✅five
4th Amendment - Correct Answers ✅Protection against
Unreasonable Search and Seizure
