LL# 1 What is Crime?
A ____________ is something one does or fails to do that is in a violation of a law.
What is Crime?
This side in a criminal law case is commonly referred to as the Commonwealth and represents the Victim(s).
What is the Prosecution?
The most serious crime against a person is _________ the killing of one human being by another.
What is Homicide?
The willful and malicious burning of a person’s property.
What is Arson?
TRUE OR FALSE:
Younger people with lower incomes are more likely to become a victim of a violent crime.
If you commit a crime the punishment of the crime depends on many factors (Name TWO)
What is the type of crime you commit, level of court you are sentenced in, and the state you live in?
The Latin term used by lawyers when they discuss this requirement for a guilty mind.
What is Mens Rea?
This term is defined as the act of killing that is premeditated (thought about beforehand) deliberate, and done with malice.
What is First degree murder?
The crime that involves unlawful taking of property by someone whom it was entrusted.
What is Embezzlement?
Name TWO common types of Punishment (besides Jail/Prison).
What is Rehabilitation, Probation, Fines, Community Service, Restitution, Death Penalty?
There are four factors that increase crime (Name TWO of them)
What is Poverty, Global Economy, Lack of Resources/Police Protection, Population Density/Urbanization?
These crimes DO NOT require a guilty state of mind.
What is a Strict Liability Offense?
A person who kills someone in a violent argument would be charged with this crime. Especially if the victims has done something to the killer that would cause a reasonable person to lose self-control or act rashly.
What is Voluntary Manslaughter?
The unauthorized entry into any structure with the intent to commit a crime, regardless of time of day.
What is Burglary?
A person who orders the crime or helps the defendant commit the crime but who is not present during the crime is known as an.
What is Accessory Before the Fact?
We discussed THREE possible solutions to fixing the crime rate, describe ONE of them.
What is build safer communities with special attention to safe schools, community policing and prevention of domestic abuse?
What is develop cost effective alternatives to incarceration (jail time). Reserve prison sentences for those who cannot be safely treated in community-based programs?
What is reduce funds as spent on catching drug dealers and users; expand funding for drug treatment; and repeal laws requiring mandatory prison sentences for drug possession?
Any crime that has the penalty of MORE THAN a year imprisonment.
What is a Felony?
________________ is the failure to exercise a reasonable or ordinary amount of care in a situation, thereby causing harm to someone.
What is Negligence?
The willful destruction of, or damage to, the property of another. An example of this is graffiti on on a school or public property.
What is Vandalism?
A taxpayer that fails to file a tax return or for a motorist to fail to stop after being involved in an automobile accident is called a...
What is Crime of Omission?
This word means to institute legal proceedings against (a person or organization).
What is Prosecute?
The person who commits a crime is called a...
What is the DEFENDANT?
The crime that is the attempt or threat to carry out a physical attack upon another person.
The crime that involves the unlawful taking of property, from a person, BY FORCE or intimidation.
What is Robbery?
The person’s reason for performing the act.
What is the MOTIVE?