Statutory Rape Is Considered a Strict Liability Crime

question 82

True/False

Statutory rape is considered a strict liability crime.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Responses

Actions or reactions of an organism as a result of external or internal stimuli.

Collective Unconscious

A concept by Carl Jung referring to the part of the unconscious mind that is derived from ancestral memory and experience and is common to all humankind.

Operant Behavior

Behavior that is controlled by its consequences, in the context of operant conditioning, whereby reinforcements or punishments shape behavior patterns.

Successive Approximation

A behavioral psychology principle where behaviors are gradually shaped to approximate the desired behavior closer and closer.