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B) The criminal act
C) Motive
D) A culpable mental state
6) The facts that show that a crime has occurred are referred to in Latin as the:
A) corpus delicti.
B) mens rea.
C) actus rea.
D) mala prohibita.
7) In addition to the three fundamental aspects of crime (actusrea, mensrea and concurrence),
four additional principles are necessary to fully appreciate contemporary understandings of
crime. They are causation, a resulting harm, the ________, and necessary attendant
circumstances.
A) degree of the crime
B) legality principle
C) void-for-vagueness principle
D) but for rule