Crimes Chapter 3

What is the voluntary act element of a crime called?

Criminal law generally punished an individual only for the affirmative harm he himself inflicts; it does not punish for.......

What common law calls the mental state or attitude necessary for the commission of a crime and also what does Model Penal Code call it?

Most crimes consist of an ___ and a ___. Both must occur together.

Movement of the human body that is, in some minimal sense, willed or directed by the actor is....

Usually a ___ is essential for criminal responsibility--even for strict liability crimes that do not require any mental state.

As long as there is at least one ___ in the defendant's course of conduct, he may be criminal responsible.

___ is not a valid defense

Those obligations that, according to our basic sense of right and wrong, people should live up to are...

How does the Model Penal Code define an act or action?

What are the material elements of actus reus under the Model Penal Code?

The physical behavior of the defendant is...

An objective fact or condition that exists in the real world when the defendant engages is conduct is...

The consequences or outcome caused by the defendant's conduct is...