Chapter $7-$Work Set

True$-$False Questions

$q,1.$ A crime is a wrong against society proclaimed in a statute.

$q,2.$ A person can be convicted simply for intending to commit a crime.

$q,3.$ If a crime is punishable by death, it must be a felony.

$q,$ Ordinarily, "ignorance of the law" is a valid defense to criminal liability.

$q,5.$

A person

has been

$q,6.$ Malware is software designed to protect consumers from identity theft. $q,7.$ Immunity is a defense to criminal liability.

$q,8.$ Fraudulently altering a public document can be forgery.

$q,9.$ RICO has become an effective law in fighting certain white$-$collar crime, such as securities fraud.

$10.$ Persons suffering from mental illness are sometimes judged incapable of the state of mind required commit a crime.