Exam 5: Mens Rea, Concurrence, Causation

______ intent provides that individuals who are grossly and wantonly reckless are considered to intend the natural consequences of their actions.

What is the difference between reckless and negligence?

Explain why similar crimes committed with different levels of intent are punished differently.

All of the following are reasons for moral blameworthiness EXCEPT ______.

Which kind of intent allows for a defendant's intent to be inferred from the nature of the act and the surrounding circumstances?

List three reasons for requiring moral blameworthiness.

Write a scenario where a defendant would NOT be considered legally responsible for a victim's injury or death that results from a responsive intervening act. Be sure to indicate the factual cause and the proximate cause. Now write a scenario where the defendant would be held legally liable for a responsive intervening act. Why would the defendant be held liable in the second scenario?

A defendant must be the factual cause of harm to be criminally convicted.

Recklessness involves an awareness of harm that is lacking in negligence.

Pollution is an example of a public welfare crime.

A defendant is considered legally responsible for a victim's injury or death that results from unforeseeable coincidental intervening acts.

What is the difference between a purposeful intent and a strict liability offense? Provide an example of each to support your answer.

A ______ intent is a mental determination to accomplish a certain result.

All of the following were identified as factors that help determine whether statutes should be interpreted as providing for strict liability EXCEPT ______.

A(n) ______ cause is an outside factor that causes the death or injury rather than the cause in fact.

What is the difference between factual cause and proximate cause?

The consequence of a victim to a defendant's criminal act is termed ______ intervening act.

What are the considerations behind the legal concept of causation?

______ means that individuals engage in risky behavior that they know creates a risk of substantial and unjustifiable harm and yet do not expect the injury or harm will result.

What are the four types of mental states provided in the Model Penal Code?