Law Lesson 1: What is Crime?
A crime is something one does or ______________ that is in violation of a ________________.
What is fails to do & law?
The prosecution represents the ______________
What is the victim?
The killing of one human being by another
Crimes against property can rage from crimes that take against a person's will to what.
What is destroy property?
Crime against the person means what.
What is trying to harm another person?
Name TWO of the factors that increase crime.
What is:
-Poverty
-Global Economy
-Lack of Community resources / Police protection
-Population density & Urbanization
All crimes require an illegal act accompanied by a guilty state of mind. This is known as what.
What is mens rea?
This crime is usually defined as the act of killing that is done with malice, deliberate, and premeditated.
What is first degree murder?
The unlawful taking of property by someone whom it was entrusted.
What is Embezzlement?
When a victim of kidnapping is taken across state lines this violates what.
What is federal laws?
Name ONE possible solution to crime
What is:
-Build safe communities/school
-Develop cost effective alternatives to incarceration.
-Expand funding on treatment & rehab
The defenses main goal is to do what.
What is poke holes in the prosecutions case?
When there is no intent to kill at all the crime is considered this.
What is involuntary manslaughter?
The unauthorized entry into any structure with the intent to commit a crime.
What is Burglary?
Falsely altering a writing or document.
What is forgery?
The policy to aggressively prosecute drug offenses
What is The War on Drugs
The persons reasoning for performing a crime
What is the motive?
The most common form of this is vehicular homicide.
What is negligent homicide?
The unlawful taking of property from a person by force or intimidation.
What is Robbery?
The use of threats to gain property.
What is Extortion?
Crime victims are also victims of this.
What is human rights violations?
Crimes that do NOT require a guilty state of mind.
What is Strict Liability Offenses?
The unlawful physical contact inflicted by one person upon another person without consent.
What is battery?
The willful and malicious burning of a person's property.
What is Arson?
Property crimes are ________________?
What is decreasing?