Criminal Acts
Business-Related Crimes
Rights
Defense
Miscellaneous
100
A punishable offense committed against society.
What is crime?
100
Crimes that do not involve force or violence and do not cause physical injury to people or damage to property.
What is White-Collar Crime?
100
Criminal defendants may not be compelled to _________ against themselves.
What is Testify?
100
A legal position taken by an accused.
What is Defense?
100
Freedom from prosecution even when one has committed the crime charged.
What is Immunity?
200
The wrongful taking of money or personal property belonging to someone else.
What is Larceny?
200
Unlawfully offering or giving anything of value to influence performance.
What is Bribery?
200
A reasonable ground for belief.
What is probable cause?
200
Use of force that appears to be reasonable necessary to the victim
What is Self-Defense?
200
Dave was arrested Wednesday, but the arresting officer failed to read him his rights. What type of defense could Dave claim?
What is Procedural Defense?
300
One who obtains money or property by lying about a past or existing fact.
What is false pretenses?
300
Falsely making or materially altering a writing to defraud another.
What is Forgery?
300
Defendants have the constitutional right to a trial by _______, and to be represented by a ___________.
What is Jury and Lawyer?
300
Disprove, Justify, or excuse the alleged crime.
What is Substantive Defense?
300
Type of rights read upon arrest.
What are Miranda Rights?
400
Actions that interfere with the administration of justice.
What is Contempt of Court?
400
Obtaining money or other property from a person by wrongful use of force, fear, or the power of office.
What is Extortion?
400
A crime punishable by confinement for more than one year in a prison, or by a fine of greater than $1,000, or both.
What is Felony?
400
These are based on the way evidence is obtained, or the way someone is arrested, questioned, tried, or punished.
What are Procedural Defenses?
400
Pleading guilty to a to a less serious crime in exchange for having a more serious charge dropped.
What is Plea Bargaining?
500
What is the standard of proof in a criminal case?
What is "proof beyond a reasonable doubt?"
500
The Foreign Bribery Act of _______ prohibits most instances of bribery in foreign countries by US companies.
What is 1977?
500
The holding of a corporation of one of its officers criminally liable for the actions of one of its employees is referred to as......
What is vicarious criminal liability?
500
This cannot be claimed as a defense.
What is Ignorance of the Law?
500
Name the three types of crimes. (In order from greatest to least seriousness)
What are Felonies, Misdemeanors, and Infractions?
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