TEST 1 CRIMINAL LAW
Civil Law - correct answer law regulating the relationships between or among individuals. usually involving
property, contract or business disputes
Substantive Criminal law - correct answer What is crime? law defining acts that are subject to punishments and
specifying that punishments for such offenses Example: penal code
Procedural criminal law - correct answer How the law should be enforced.
law defining the procedures that CJ officials must follow in enforcement adjudications and corrections
Common Law - correct answer Anglo-American system of law in which judges follow precedent set by earlier
decisions when they decided new but similar cases. Substantive and criminal law were developed like this.
Constitutions - correct answer Basic laws of a country or state defining structure or gov't and relationships of
citizens to that gov't
Statutes - correct answer Laws passes by legislatures. Statutory definitions of criminal offenses are found in
penal codes
Case Law - correct answer Court decisions that have status of law and serve as precedents for later decisions
Administrative Regulations - correct answer Rules made by gov't agencies to implement pubic policies in areas
such as public health, environmental protection and workplace safety.
, Civil Forfeiture - correct answer Confiscation of property by the state because it was in or acquired through a
crime
Inchoate Offense - correct answer Conduct that is criminal even though the harm that the law seeks to prevent
has been merely planned or attempted but not done.
Mens Rea - correct answer "Guilty Mind" or blamesworthy state of mind. Necessary for legal responsibility for
a criminal offense criminal intent as distinguished from innocent intent.
Intro to criminal law - correct answer Recap: the CJS is based on criminal laws which are in turn founded on
American values
Substantive law: what is a crime?
Procedural law: how the law is enforced
Sources of criminal law - correct answer Common law
Written law(constitutions and statues)
Case Law(builds on common law)
Administrative regulations
Important Distinctions - correct answer Felony vs Misdemeanor: Why is the distinction important?
Criminal law treats the 2 crimes differently. defendants convicted of felonies also lose certain constitutional
rights
Criminal vs civil law - correct answer Criminal: punish
Civil: Sue
What is a crime? Substantive Law - correct answer 7 Principles
1) Legality- for something to be considered a crime there must be a law that was broken
Civil Law - correct answer law regulating the relationships between or among individuals. usually involving
property, contract or business disputes
Substantive Criminal law - correct answer What is crime? law defining acts that are subject to punishments and
specifying that punishments for such offenses Example: penal code
Procedural criminal law - correct answer How the law should be enforced.
law defining the procedures that CJ officials must follow in enforcement adjudications and corrections
Common Law - correct answer Anglo-American system of law in which judges follow precedent set by earlier
decisions when they decided new but similar cases. Substantive and criminal law were developed like this.
Constitutions - correct answer Basic laws of a country or state defining structure or gov't and relationships of
citizens to that gov't
Statutes - correct answer Laws passes by legislatures. Statutory definitions of criminal offenses are found in
penal codes
Case Law - correct answer Court decisions that have status of law and serve as precedents for later decisions
Administrative Regulations - correct answer Rules made by gov't agencies to implement pubic policies in areas
such as public health, environmental protection and workplace safety.
, Civil Forfeiture - correct answer Confiscation of property by the state because it was in or acquired through a
crime
Inchoate Offense - correct answer Conduct that is criminal even though the harm that the law seeks to prevent
has been merely planned or attempted but not done.
Mens Rea - correct answer "Guilty Mind" or blamesworthy state of mind. Necessary for legal responsibility for
a criminal offense criminal intent as distinguished from innocent intent.
Intro to criminal law - correct answer Recap: the CJS is based on criminal laws which are in turn founded on
American values
Substantive law: what is a crime?
Procedural law: how the law is enforced
Sources of criminal law - correct answer Common law
Written law(constitutions and statues)
Case Law(builds on common law)
Administrative regulations
Important Distinctions - correct answer Felony vs Misdemeanor: Why is the distinction important?
Criminal law treats the 2 crimes differently. defendants convicted of felonies also lose certain constitutional
rights
Criminal vs civil law - correct answer Criminal: punish
Civil: Sue
What is a crime? Substantive Law - correct answer 7 Principles
1) Legality- for something to be considered a crime there must be a law that was broken
