A&B Ch. 3

Question 1

Court cases

Question 2

Capital punishment

Answer 2

• violence prevention
• most extreme form of punishment that state and the federal government can hand down as a sanction of murder
• some believe that capital punishment or the death penalty may prevent violence:
  General deterrence: someone who is thinking about committing a murder would refrain from doing so if she/he fears the death penalty
  Incapacitation: those who commit murder are put to death it will prevent them from committing another murder in the future
  Retribution: final justification for capital punishment has nothing to do with public safety, it is rather a moral justification

Question 3

First-degree murder

Answer 3

Generally committed with both premeditation and deliberation

Question 4

Second-degree murder

Answer 4

Considered a little less serious because they don’t involve premeditation and deliberation

Question 5

Felony murder

Answer 5

Statutes for murders that occur during the commission of another felony > robbery

Question 6

Instrumental murders

Answer 6

Conducted for explicit future goals > acquiring money or property
* Example: robbery murders

Question 7

Expressive murders

Answer 7

Often unplanned acts of anger, rage, or frustration, typically precipitated by a conflict situation > an argument or fight
* Example: a robber may approach a victim intending to rob, but when the victim fights back, the robber may get angry and injure or kill the victim

Question 8

Aggravated assault

Answer 8

an attack or attempted attack with a weapon, regardless of whether or not an injury occurred and attack without a weapon when serious injury results

Question 9

Simple assault

Answer 9

attack without a weapon resulting either in no injury, minor injury or an undetermined injury requiring less than 2 days of hospitalization
cases of attempted assault without a weapon
* Bruises
* Black eyes
* Cuts
* Scratches
* Swelling