Inchoate Crimes
trying but failing to commit crimes
What is a criminal attempt?
What is the difference between murder and manslaughter?
the crime of lawfully gaining possession of someone else's property and later converting it to one's own use
What is embezzlement?
the right of individuals to come and go as they please without government interference
the crime of levying war against the United States or of giving aid and comfort to its enemies
What is treason?
making an agreement to commit a crime
What is criminal conspiracy?
intentional murders that weren't premeditated or deliberate
What is criminal trespassing?
the ancient crime of poor people wandering with no visible means of support
What is vagrancy?
advocating the overthrow of the government in speeches
What is seditious speech?
trying to get someone else to commit a crime
What is criminal solicitation?
to have carnal knowledge of a person under the age of consent whether or not accomplished by force
What is statutory rape?
a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to investors from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors rather than from any actual profit earned
What is the Ponzi scheme?
crimes involving willing adult participants who don't see themselves as victimes
What are victimless crimes?
conspiring to the violent overthrow of the government
What is seditious conspiracy?
a single statue that applies to the attempt to commit any crime in the state's criminal code
What is a general attempt statue?
intentionally scaring another person by following, tormenting, or harassing
crimes growing out of opportunities to get someone else's property that was entrusted to the perpetrators because of their occupation
What are abuse-of-trust crimes or white collar crimes?
offenses against public order and morals
What are disorderly conduct crimes?
the crime of spying for the enemy
What is espionage?
the criminal goal of an agreement to commit a crime
What is criminal objective?
require the prosecution to prove that the victim experiences both subjective and objective fear in rapes involving threat of force
What is the threat-of-force requirement?
crimes aimed at the valuable information contained in computers and wireless devices
crimes that include public drinking, aggressive panhandling, harassments, graffiti, vandalism, and street prostitution
What are quality of life crimes or crimes against public order?
the use of violence or intimidation in the pursuit of political aims
What is terrorism?