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SPEA-V 184 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST
UPDATE GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (61)
Criminal Law a system of law concerned with the punishment
of those commit crimes
Mens Rea the mentality behind the crime
Actus Reus the actual crime itself
Types of Intent Specifi
c
Intent
Genera
l Intent
an intention to act without regard to the results
General Intent of the act
i.e. recklessness, negligence
Specific Intent accused purposefully, intentionally, or with
knowledge commits a prohibited act
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Retribution - punishment as justice
Prevention - specific and
general deterrence
Purpose Incapacitation - halt
additional crimes
Rehabilitation - idea that lawbreaker is a
social deviant in need of correction or
socialization
Fines
Suspended sentence
(completion of a program)
Probation
Types of Punishment Incarceration
Capital Punishment (death penalty)
sentence that has been determined by
state legislature or congress that must
Mandatory Minimum be given to a person convicted of a
Sentencing crime, regardless of details
*people argue against it because some
crimes are justified in action, self
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defense, etc.
Although the Supreme Court has rules
that mandatory death sentences for
Death Penalty Analysis certain offenses are unconstitutional, it
has not held that the death penalty itself
constitutes cruel and unusual
punishment
(currently 27 states retain the use of the death
penalty)
Court sentences prohibited by the Eighth
Amendment
Cruel and Unusual
Punishment i.e. no death sentences for minors, no life
sentences for minors, no death sentence
for intellectually disabled individuals,
etc.
Sentencing A hearing to determine consequences for a
crime
crimes must be proved beyond a reasonable
Standards of Proof vs. doubt
Civil Law
civil matters must be proved by a
preponderance of the evidence (51%+)
General Types of felonies and misdemeanors
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SPEA-V 184 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST
UPDATE GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (61)
Criminal Law a system of law concerned with the punishment
of those commit crimes
Mens Rea the mentality behind the crime
Actus Reus the actual crime itself
Types of Intent Specifi
c
Intent
Genera
l Intent
an intention to act without regard to the results
General Intent of the act
i.e. recklessness, negligence
Specific Intent accused purposefully, intentionally, or with
knowledge commits a prohibited act
1/
17
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PM
Retribution - punishment as justice
Prevention - specific and
general deterrence
Purpose Incapacitation - halt
additional crimes
Rehabilitation - idea that lawbreaker is a
social deviant in need of correction or
socialization
Fines
Suspended sentence
(completion of a program)
Probation
Types of Punishment Incarceration
Capital Punishment (death penalty)
sentence that has been determined by
state legislature or congress that must
Mandatory Minimum be given to a person convicted of a
Sentencing crime, regardless of details
*people argue against it because some
crimes are justified in action, self
2/
17
, 7/21/25, 8:22
PM
defense, etc.
Although the Supreme Court has rules
that mandatory death sentences for
Death Penalty Analysis certain offenses are unconstitutional, it
has not held that the death penalty itself
constitutes cruel and unusual
punishment
(currently 27 states retain the use of the death
penalty)
Court sentences prohibited by the Eighth
Amendment
Cruel and Unusual
Punishment i.e. no death sentences for minors, no life
sentences for minors, no death sentence
for intellectually disabled individuals,
etc.
Sentencing A hearing to determine consequences for a
crime
crimes must be proved beyond a reasonable
Standards of Proof vs. doubt
Civil Law
civil matters must be proved by a
preponderance of the evidence (51%+)
General Types of felonies and misdemeanors
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