Larceny Robbery Distinction
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- CRIMINAL1
Example wrong choices
21184_jerusalem_pickpocket · CRIMINAL · Choice ARobbery, because the pouch was taken from the merchant's immediate presence.
Why it's attractive
Incorrect because proximity (person/presence) is necessary but not sufficient for robbery; force or fear is missing.
Why it's wrong
Incorrect because proximity (person/presence) is necessary but not sufficient for robbery; force or fear is missing.
21184_jerusalem_pickpocket · CRIMINAL · Choice CExtortion, because the merchant was deprived of property through the pressures of a crowded environment.
Why it's attractive
Incorrect; extortion requires a threat of future harm, which is absent here.
Why it's wrong
Incorrect; extortion requires a threat of future harm, which is absent here.
21184_jerusalem_pickpocket · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo offense, because the merchant was unaware of the taking at the time it occurred.
Why it's attractive
Incorrect; lack of victim awareness is not a defense to larceny.
Why it's wrong
Incorrect; lack of victim awareness is not a defense to larceny.
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