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The duress excuse can be applied when a person commits a crime ______.

If an offense is defined the same way in two different states, the courts and judges in each state must interpret the statute the same way.

People who commit crimes do not fit within the innovator category of strain theory.

Developed from common law, manslaughter describes the ______ killing of someone in the heat of passion.

Scholars Ken and Umeko regularly debate the nature and makeup of crime in society. Ken argues that there are many complex factors that induce a person to act criminally, while Umeko sees crime occurring due to the mental state of the individual committing the crime. Which statement is true regarding Ken and Umeko’s views?

Defining a crime and a criminal has often involved looking at legal and ______ angles of the person and situation.

The set of laws dealing with how Americans govern themselves is called ______ law.

In most cases, if someone is threatened by another they must ______ for self-defense.

As she is walking through a neighborhood, Dina overhears a heated argument, the smashing of glass, and shouting. She sees a man run out of a house and get in his car. Dina continues to take her walk and gives little attention to the matter. She later finds out that a man assaulted his girlfriend in that neighborhood at the time she was walking there. Is Dina in any way liable for not reporting hearing her disturbance?

The rule of law is intended to place limits on criminal law and prevent criminal laws from being abused by potential authoritarians.