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Acts that are made criminal because they are declared so by legislature are

Vicarious liability does not require mens rea.

Administrative agencies may promulgate criminal prohibitions, but they may not determine the punishment.

This theory of punishment includes vocational training programs and educational programs.

A social contract is an implied agreement between all people that they will relinquish a certain amount of liberties in exchange for security.

The Framers of the U.S. Constitution intended for a centralized power that rested with the federal government.

The Supreme Court of the United States agrees to hear only a small percentage of the cases appealed to it.

Crimes that are inherently evil in and of themselves are malum prohibitum crimes.

This theory of punishment is often associated with “vengeance.”

The individual freedoms that comprise the zone of freedom under the Constitution are knows as