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Can you please answer the questions thoroughly and in simple terms. This is for my criminology class. Instructions: Read the scenarios carefully. Respond to the

Can you please answer the questions thoroughly and in simple terms. This is for my criminology class.

Instructions:

  • Read the scenarios carefully.
  • Respond to the prompts for each scenario.

  1. You are a police officer and you are buying a cup of coffee at the local "Stop and Rob" convenience store. You see a juvenile male place a quart of milk inside his jacket. You approach the boy and tell him to open his jacket. He complies. He apologizes for his actions. He explains that he could not afford to buy the milk but he needs it for his child. He promises not to do it again and asks you to let him go.
    1. Determine what crime or crimes have been committed.
    2. Classify each as either mala in se or malaprohibita.
    3. Explain your classification.
  2. A major pharmaceutical company introduces a new weight loss drug. Although the pharmaceutical company knows that the drug may increase the chances of heart attacks and strokes, the company's warning label states that, "Product X has no known side effects." After the drug is linked to hundreds of heart attacks and strokes and dozens of deaths, the company pulls the drug off the market.
    1. Determine what crime or crimes have been committed.
    2. Classify each as either mala in se or malaprohibita.
    3. Explain your classification.
  3. Laura has had a hard day at work. Before going home she decides to stop at a local bar and have a couple drinks. After consuming several drinks, she decides to drive home. She runs a red light and crashes head on into another vehicle. The two occupants of the other vehicle are killed. One of the occupants of the car was six months pregnant at the time of the crash. Laura's blood alcohol content was .18. She has a previous conviction for Driving Under the Influence (DUI).
    1. Determine what crime or crimes have been committed.
    2. Classify each as either mala in se or malaprohibita.
    3. Explain your classification.
  4. John and Amy have been in a relationship for ten years. Amy has grown tired of the relationship and has been having an affair with another man for the last six months. Amy and her lover make a plan to kill her husband. Amy takes out a $500,000 life insurance policy on her husband. Several weeks later, her lover breaks into Amy's house and shoots and kills her husband. He takes a few valuables from the house to make it look like a burglary.
    1. Determine what crime or crimes have been committed.
    2. Classify each as either mala in se or malaprohibita.
    3. Explain your classification.
  5. You and your partner are dispatched to a domestic dispute. When you arrive, you hear loud voices inside the house. You knock on the door and announce that you are with the police department. A small framed male answers the door. You advise him that you've received a call about a domestic dispute. You notice that the man has a small amount of blood dripping from his lower lip, which also appears to be bruised. You ask the man if he is okay or in need of medical attention. In an effeminate voice, he advises you that he and his "roommate" have had a little fight that "got out of hand." A larger male is standing in the kitchen and he seems irritated that you are there. He speaks up and says "We were arguing and I lost my temper a little." The smaller male advises you that he does not need medical attention and that he does not want to press charges.
    1. Determine what crime or crimes have been committed.
    2. Classify each as either mala in se or malaprohibita.
    3. Explain your classification.

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