Which Element of an Offense - the Culpable Mental State,the

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Essay

Which element of an offense - the culpable mental state,the conduct,or the resultant harm - is most important to you in determining an offender's penalty? Does your answer differ if the offense is a crime against the person? A crime against property?

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Definitions:

Individual Therapy

A form of psychotherapy where one client works one-on-one with a trained therapist in a safe and confidential environment.

Psychotherapy

A therapeutic process, often called "talk therapy", used to treat mental health problems by talking with a psychiatrist, psychologist, or other mental health provider.

Personality

The reasonably stable patterns of emotions, motives, and behavior that distinguish one person from another.

Learning

(1) According to behaviorists, a relatively permanent change in behavior that results from experience; (2) according to cognitive theorists, the process by which organisms make relatively permanent changes in the way they represent the environment because of experience.