Criminal Justice Practice Test | 129 Questions | With Complete Solutions

entrapment correct answer: An undercover detective is on the street acting as a prostitute. She approaches a man walking home and asks him if he would like to have a good time. He says no thank you and walks on his way. She follows and continually asks him if she could do certain things for him. He says no after following a little longer the man gives in and pays her money to perform certain activities. The man could argue a defense of? self-defense correct answer: Micheal is at a party when a man bumps into him. The man gets angry and blames Micheal for the incident. Micheal tells him to shut his mouth. The man pulls out a knife and stabs Micheal in the side. The man pulls out the knife to stab Micheal again, but he is able to wrestle the man with the knife. Micheal ends up stabbing the man with the knife and the man later dies from his injuries. Micheal will argue? duress correct answer: Tristan is at the mall late one night. As he is leaving, a man walks up to him and tells him he has a knife. The man with the knife tells Tristan that if he does not do as he says he will stab him. He has Tristan walk over to the side as he follows him. He has Tristan pull the fire alarm. The man then sneaks into the jewelry store and steals some diamonds. Tristan is charged with illegally pulling a fire alarm. Procedural Law correct answer: Specifies the rules that determine how those who are accused of crimes are to be treated by the judicial system. mala in se correct answer: An act that is wrong within itself. mala prohibita correct answer: An act that is wrong because we say it is wrong. mens rea correct answer: criminal mind; intent misdemeanor correct answer: 11 months & 29 days or less in jail felony correct answer: 1 year or more in prison due process correct answer: A right guaranteed by the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution and generally understood, in legal contexts, to mean the due course of legal proceedings according to the rules and forms established for the protection of individual rights.