Chapter 7:Crime in America
The cause of 1/3 of violent crimes
What is alcohol?
Purposefully commit prohibited act with guilty state of mind.
What is mens rea?
Premeditated killing with malice.
What is 1st degree murder?
Deliberate burning of someone's property, can include one's own.
What is arson?
Because of mental defect or disease, defendant decides they should not be responsible.
What is insanity defense?
The strategy where community works actively with the police to lower crime rates.
What is community policing?
Legal responsibility for damages or injury even if not negligent; act is criminal regardless of knowledge or intent.
What is strict liability?
Killing is otherwise seen as murder but occurs after victim does something to the killer that would cause a reasonable person to lose self control and act rashly.
What is voluntary manslaughter?
Synonym for vandalism: destruction or defacement of another's property.
What is malicious mischief?
Act of self defense in case of danger, results in a defense in court
What is defendant did do it, but is justified?
The murders of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and senator Robert Kennedy were the reasons for creating this primary federal gun control law.
What is the Gun Control Act of 1968?
Helps principal commit the crime but is not usually present; gets charged with original crime along with principal.
What is accessory before the fact?
The killing of an enemy soldier in wartime category under crimes against the person.
What is noncriminal homicide?
Perpetrator uses force or intimidation to steal a car from the driver.
What is carjacking?
State of drunkenness or similar condition by drugs or alcohol; shows specific mental state.
What is intoxication?
This range-percent of people taken into the criminal justice system test positive for 1 or more types of drugs at the time of their arrest.
What is between 60-85%?
A crime committed before or in preparation for another crime.
EX: Solicitation, Attempt, Conspiracy
What is inchoate crime?
Unlawful intercourse, implies lack of consent; victim knows offender.
What is acquaintance/date rape?
The taking of money or property by a person to whom it has been entrsted.
What is embezzlement?
What is entrapment?
In 2018, this % of people supported stricter gun laws.
57%
Required for conviction on a conspiracy charge: several people agree to rob a bank, one buys a ski mask to wear during the robbery, Requirements for the ___ act have been met.
What is the overt act, open to view act?
The 3 words ot describe taking a person against their will.
What are abduction, kidnapping, and unlawful imprisonment?
Offering a document to be genuine when it is fake with intent to defraud.
What is uttering?
Gives the right to use deadly force in some states to protect property from unwarranted intrusion.
What are Stand Your Ground Laws?