Criminal Responsibility and Participants in Crime Quiz

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Who can be the active subject of a crime?

Only natural persons

Who can be the passive subject of a crime?

Natural person, juridical person, group, and the State

What is individual criminal responsibility?

Each offender is liable only for his personal act when there is no conspiracy

What is collective criminal responsibility?

All conspirators are liable as co-principals regardless of the extent and character of their participation Signup and view all the answers

Who are principals by direct participation?

Those who materially execute the crime, appearing at the crime scene and performing acts necessary for the commission of the crime Signup and view all the answers

What are the requisites of Principal by Inducement?

<ol> <li>The inducement be made directly with the intention of procuring the commission of the crime; and 2. The inducement be the determining cause of the commission of the crime by the material executor.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

What are the ways of becoming a Principal by Inducement?

Directly forcing using irresistible force or causing uncontrollable fear, directly inducing by giving price, offering, reward, or promise, or using words of commands. Signup and view all the answers

What are the elements of an Accomplice?

<ol> <li>The community of criminal design, 2. The performance of previous or simultaneous acts which are not indispensable to the commission of the crime, and 3. Direct relation between the acts done by the principal and those attributed to the person charged as an accomplice.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

What are the ways in which Accessories take part in a crime?

Profiting themselves or assisting the offender to profit by the effects of the crime, concealing or destroying the body of the crime or the effects thereof, and harboring, concealing, or assisting in the escape of the principal of the crime. Signup and view all the answers

What does Corpus Delicti refer to?

Literally means the body or substance of the crime or the fact that a crime has been committed but does not include the identity of the person who committed it. Signup and view all the answers