Business-Related Crimes
Crime Classification
Elements of Crime
Terms
Miscellaneous
100
Anotehr name for business crime
What is white-collar crime?
100
A serious crime that is punishable by confinement in a state prison or a large fine
What is a felony?
100
A crime against an individual but not against society
What is a civil offense?
100
A person who receives stolen property
What is a fence?
100
Obscenity is a crime against
What is decency?
200
A crime where a person obtains money by lying about a past or existing fact
What are false pretenses?
200
Lying under oath
What is perjury?
200
A punishable offense against society
What is a crime?
200
A type of larceny where a building is entered without permission
What is burglary?
200
The shortest jail term for committing a felony
What is 1 year?
300
A crime where money is offered to influence the performance of an official
What is bribery?
300
A less serious crime that is punishable by confinement in a county or city jail
What is a misdemeanor?
300
Criminal intent means the defendant intended to do _____
What is evil?
300
The willful and illegal burning of a building
What is arson?
300
The wrongful taking of money or personal property belonging to someone else, with intent to deprive the owner of possession
What is larceny?
400
A type of law that forbids competing price fixing
What are antitrust laws?
400
A lesser misdemeanor where the defendant cannot be jailed
What is an infraction?
400
The age of criminal liability in most states
What is 18?
400
Obtaining money or other property from a person by wrongful use of force (commonly known as blackmail)
What is extortion?
400
The age, under early common law, that was below the age of reason
What is 7?
500
An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime
What is conspiracy?
500
The smallest fine for committing a felony
What is $1,000?
500
Name two of the three elements of crime
What are duty, violation of duty and criminal intent?
500
Falsely making or materially altering a writing to defraud another
What is forgery?
500
The doctrine that holds corporate officers responsible for employee crimes
What is vicarious criminal liability?
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