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Under the __________ Rule, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of committing the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know what he was doing was wrong.

Which of the following incidents would a state be least likely to prosecute under a child abuse statute?

Enforcement of the Clean Air Act may be delegated to the ________.

Although _________ was not a crime at common law, statutes proscribing it have been part of the laws directed against public immorality since the early history of the United States.

In making factual determinations of whether an injury constitutes a “serious” or “great” bodily injury, courts consider __________________.

Inchoate offenses are designed ______________________________ .

Most white-collar crimes prosecuted in federal court are violations of statutes enacted under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress power to regulate ________.

States have commonly enacted statutes making it unlawful to carry a __________ weapon.

The Model Penal Code rejects the common-law terms for intent. Instead, it proposes four states of mind: purposeful; knowing; reckless; and ___________.

In an attempt to combat juvenile crime and protect children by keeping them off the streets at night, many communities have enacted _________ ordinances.