Criminal Homicide
Crimes Against Property
Crimes against a person
Introduction to Criminal Law
Crime
100
A killing that would otherwise be murder, but that occurs after the victim has done something to the killer that would cause a reasonable person to lose self control or act rashly.
What is voluntary manslaughter?
100
The wilful and malicious burning of property.
What is arson?
100
The deliberate taking of one's own life.
What is suicide?
100
A crime for which the potential penalty is imprisonment for more than one year.
What is a felony?
100
What is the most widely abused substance in the United States today?
What is alcohol?
200
An unitentional killing resulting from conduct so reckless that it causes extreme danger of death or bodily injury.
What is involuntary manslaughter?
200
Popularly called blackmail, it is the use of threats to obtain property of another.
What is extortion?
200
A killing that is justifiable or excusable and for which the killer is deemed faultless.
What is noncriminal homicide?
200
Any crime for which the potential penalty is imprisonment for one year or less.
What is a misdemeanor?
200
Something one does or fails to do in violation of a law.
What is a crime?
300
A killing that is done with malice, but without premeditation or deliberation.
What is second-degree murder?
300
The unlawful taking of property by someone to whom it was entrusted.
What is embezzlement?
300
Any attempt or threat to carry out a physical attack upon another person.
What is assault?
300
The person who commits a crime is called the________.
What is a principle?
300
This requires criminals to pay back or otherwise compensate the victims of their crimes.
What is restitution?
400
A killing that is premeditated, deliberate, and done with malice.
What is first-degree murder?
400
The unlawful taking and carrying away of the property of another with intent to steal it.
What is larceny?
400
Any unlawful physical contact inflicted by one person upon another without consent.
What is battery?
400
To ask, command, urge, or advise another person to commit a crime.
What is solicitation?
400
What does BAC stand for?
What is blood alcohol content?
500
The causing of death through criminal negligence.
What is negligent homicide?
500
The unlawful taking of property from a person's immediate possession by force or intimidation.
What is robbery?
500
The killing of one human being by another.
What is homicide?
500
An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime.
What is a conspiracy?
500
What age in Illinois applies to all statutory rape cases?
What is 16?
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