Vocabulary
Caveat Emptor means this.
What is buyer beware? Chapter 22, Contracts
Element of a contract that requires something for something.
What is consideration? Chapter 22, Contracts
The response to criminal behavior that focuses on the punishment of lawbreakers. In general, the severity of the punishment is proportionate to the seriousness of the crime.
What is retribution? Slides
Murder that is premeditated, deliberate, and done with malice.
What is First-degree murder? Chapter 9, Crimes Against the Person
We watched a clip of prisoners taking care of these types of animals
(What are cats?)
Person who helps the principal commit a crime. The person in this role may be charged with and convicted of the same crime as the principal.
What is an accomplice? Chapter 8, Introduction to Criminal Law
Many people require that minors have a parent or other adult do this on the contract.
What is Cosign? Chapter 22, Contracts
The idea of this type of policing is to build closer connections between police and the communities they serve and to have more direct contact between the police and residents in the neighborhood.
What is community policing? Chapter 7, Crime in America
A type of suicide that is legal in some states and countries.
(What is physician assisted suicide? Class discussion and Take a Stand exercise)
The fungus on the rye plant that led to the discovery of lysergic acid diethylamide aka LSD
What is Ergot, How to Change Your Mind episode 1
Laws in a rape case that prohibit evidence about the victim’s past sexual behavior and reputation in order to show that he or she had probably consented to the act.
What is rape shield laws? Chapter 9, Crimes Against the Person
A party who fails to live up to the promise they made in a contract has done this.
What is breach the contract? Chapter 22, Contracts
A crime of mail fraud can only be prosecuted in court
What is federal court? Chapter 8, Intro to Criminal Law. Also applies to failure to pay federal taxes, espionage, international smuggling
An example of a noncriminal homicide.
What is executing a condemned criminal; What is killing the enemy in war; What is legitimate self defense; What is the killing by a police officer of a person who is committing a serious crime and who poses a threat of death or serious harm? Chapter 9, Crimes Against the Person
The practice of taking action to bring about social or political change like protests, boycotts and civil disobedience.
What is activism? Kyi's question in class
Failure to exercise a reasonable or ordinary amount of care in a situation, thereby causing harm to someone.
What is negligence? Chapter 9, Crimes Against the Person
When a contract has been broken, the injured party usually has this duty.
What is duty to mitigate? Chapter 22, Contracts
Strict liability crimes do not require this.
What is mens rea, guilty state of mind? Chapter 8, Crime in America
This type of rape occurs when the perpetrator uses a weapon or some other form of force to complete the assault.
What is aggravated rape? Chapter 9, Crimes Against the Person
The quote “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it is attributed to this person.
Who is Aristotle? Slides
The intentional commission of a wrongful act, absent justification, with the intent to cause harm to others.
What is malice? Chapter 9 Crimes Against the Person
In Hamer v. Sidway the court held that doing this can constitute valid consideration.
What is abstaining from legal rights, changing behavior? See slides
Legal principle that any person operating a motor vehicle within the state implicitly agrees to a breath, blood, or urine test to determine their blood alcohol content (BAC) or the presence of other intoxicants if they are lawfully arrested for driving under the influence
What is implied consent? Chapter 7, Crime in America
This area of law is in transition as many states are replacing their rape laws with these types of laws.
What are criminal sexual assault laws? Chapter 9, Crimes Against the Person
The state the Briney’s had a home that they booby trapped with a shotgun.
What is Iowa?