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Diminished capacity is a defense in which the defendant asserts that he or she lacked the mental capacity to form the requisite mens rea for the offense.

Efficiency in the prosecution of crime is a primary goal of a criminal justice system based on the due process model.

Environmental laws protect:

The mens rea requirement for a strict liability crime is best described as:

Which of the following crimes is best described as malum in se and not malum prohibitum?

Asportation refers to the actus reus element of theft crimes.

Which of the following is true of voluntary intoxication?

The breaking requirement of burglary would be satisfied by

In common-law terms, a person who intended an act but not its consequences acted with specific intent.

Uncompleted crimes such as attempt, conspiracy, and solicitation are sometimes referred to as: