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True / False

• The criminal law is the only form of social control in our society.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Crimes and Noncriminal Legal Wrongs

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.02 - To understand the differences between criminal and noncriminal sanctions, and to know the purposes of each.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• Crimes and torts are similar.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Crimes and Noncriminal Legal Wrongs

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.02 - To understand the differences between criminal and noncriminal sanctions, and to know the purposes of each.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• Crimes punishable by more than a year of imprisonment are called felonies.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Classifying Crimes

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.03 - To understand the various ways to classify crimes and appreciate the legal and social ramifications of these labels.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• Case citations always follow the same order.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: The Text-Case Method

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.07 - To understand the text-case method and how to apply it to the study of criminal law.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• Criminal law is the only way to hold a person responsible for deviating from social norms.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Crimes and Noncriminal Legal Wrongs

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.02 - To understand the differences between criminal and noncriminal sanctions, and to know the purposes of each.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

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• Determinists reject the free-will assumption that underlies retribution.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Criminal Punishment in U.S. Society

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.06 - To know and understand that the main theories of criminal punishment center on either retribution or prevention and to appreciate the large, complex body of empirical research supporting each.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• Classical deterrence theory states that rational human beings won’t commit crimes if they know that the pain of

punishment outweighs the pleasure gained from committing crimes.

• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Criminal Punishment in U.S. Society

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.06 - To know and understand that the main theories of criminal punishment center on either retribution or prevention and to appreciate the large, complex body of empirical research supporting each.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• The principle of utility permits only the minimum amount of pain necessary in order to prevent crime.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Criminal Punishment in U.S. Society

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.06 - To know and understand that the main theories of criminal punishment center on either retribution or prevention and to appreciate the large, complex body of empirical research supporting each.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• Crimes and torts are similar in that both are sets of rules telling us what we can’t do.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Crimes and Noncriminal Legal Wrongs

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.02 - To understand the differences between criminal and noncriminal sanctions, and to know the purposes of each.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• The majority opinion is the law of the case.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: The Text-Case Method

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KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• After the adoption of the Model Penal Code in 1962, more than 40 states changed their criminal codes.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Sources of Criminal Law

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.04 - To identify, describe, and understand the main sources of criminal law.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• City, town, and village governments do not enjoy broad powers to create criminal laws.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Sources of Criminal Law

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.04 - To identify, describe, and understand the main sources of criminal law.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• To qualify as criminal punishment, penalties have to meet four criteria.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Criminal Punishment in U.S. Society

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.05 - To define and understand what behavior deserves criminal punishment and to understand the social consequences of the era of mass imprisonment.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• Discretionary decisions are generally made in plain view.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Sources of Criminal Law

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.04 - To identify, describe, and understand the main sources of criminal law.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand

• Incapacitation restrains convicted offenders from committing further crimes.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Criminal Punishment in U.S. Society

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.06 - To know and understand that the main theories of criminal punishment center on either retribution or prevention and to appreciate the large, complex body of empirical research supporting each.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

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• Most states have abolished common-law crimes.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Sources of Criminal Law

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.04 - To identify, describe, and understand the main sources of criminal law.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• Critics of rehabilitation argue that it is inhumane because the cure justifies administering large doses of drugs.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Criminal Punishment in U.S. Society

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.06 - To know and understand that the main theories of criminal punishment center on either retribution or prevention and to appreciate the large, complex body of empirical research supporting each.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• Most criminal law is found in the federal penal code.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Criminal Law in the U.S. Federal System

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.04 - To identify, describe, and understand the main sources of criminal law.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• The majority opinion lays out the established law of the case.
• True
• False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: The Text-Case Method

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.07 - To understand the text-case method and how to apply it to the study of criminal law.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• Case citations are summaries of a court’s majority opinion.
• True
• False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: The Text-Case Method

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: CRLW.SAMA.17.01.07 - To understand the text-case method and how to apply it to the study of criminal law.KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

• Punishments differ widely among the states.
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