Property Crimes
Defenses
Scenarios
Scenarios
Cost of Crime/Insanity Defense
100
Crime where a person uses force to steal a car from someone else
What is a car jacking
100
This defense can be used if it can be proves the person has a mental disorder and cannot determine wrong from right.
What is insanity
100
If a man sets his car on fire to try and get the insurance money what crime could he be charged with?
What is arson
100
If two teens use a computer to steal some important school files what would they be considered?
What is hackers
100
How much is lost every year in stolen property?
What is 15 billion
200
The destruction of property
What is vandalism
200
This defense can be used if a person is determined to be to young to understand their actions.
What is infancy
200
If a 12 year old is charged with the crime of vandalism for throwing rocks at cars what defense could they use?
What is infancy
200
If a man uses a crowbar to pry open a window to enter a house and steal some electronics what could he be charged with?
What is burglary.
200
How much does each arson incident cost?
What is 54,000
300
The act of taking or stealing property by using force
What is robbery
300
This defense can be used if a person can prove the police coerced them into commmitting a crime they would not have committed
What is entrapment
300
If Bill takes his neighbors car and drives his buddies around all night before returning it the next day what could he be charged with?
What is unauthorized use of a vehicle.
300
If three men are stuck on a raft in the ocean and two of the men kill the third one for food what defense could they use?
What is necessity
300
Who has to prove a person is insane to at trial?
What is the defense attorney.
400
The act of making a false signature or document to steal something
What is forgery
400
The defense can be used if a person can be proved they had to do what they did in order to protect life.
What is neccesity
400
If a man owns a store and starts selling stolen goods for the mob because they threaten to burn his store down what could be use as a defense if caught?
What is duress
400
If an undercover police officer stops two teens and offers them stolen electronics and they buy them after he pleads with them what defense could they try to use?
What is entrapment.
400
What is the total cost of property crime due to lost of goods and security measures?
What is 1 trillion
500
Crime where something is stolen without any force or breaking and entering.
What is larceny
500
This defense can be used if a person has been under extreme pressure or stress that may have forced them to act unreasonably.
What is duress
500
If a man walks into a store and lifts 1,000 dollars worth of jewelry what could he be charged with?
What is larceny.
500
If two men go into two different stores and one uses a gun to steal 10,000 dollars and the other just stuffs 100 dollars worth of goods into his pocket and runs why will the first man be charged with a felony and the second man a misdemeanor?
What is because he used force and stole more valuable goods.
500
What percentage of defenandts who use insanity please are actually acquitted?
What is a quarter of the one percent who use the defense.
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