Something one does or fails to do that is in violation of a law. Also defined as behavior for which there is a set penalty.
What is Crime
100
What a crime is composed of
What is Elements
100
The killing of one human being by another
Homicide
100
Crime of taking items from a store without paying or intending to pay for them
Shoplifting
100
Evidence that the defendant was somewhere else at the time the crime was committed.
Alibi
200
Confinement in a jail or prison
What is Incarceration
200
When someone performs all of the elements of a crime but fails to achieve the criminal result.
What is Attempt
200
Killing that would otherwise be seen as murder but that occurs after the victim has done something to the killer that would cause a reasonable person to lose self-control or act without first planning to do so.
Voluntary Manslaughter
200
Use of threats to obtain the property of another
Extorsion (or Blackmail)
200
Claim that, at the time of a crime, defendant was so drunk on alcohol or high on drugs that they did not know what they were doing.
Intoxication
300
Allocating police officers to particular areas so that they become familiar with the local inhabitants.
What is Community Policing
300
The requirement of a guilty mind
Mens Rea
300
Unlawful physical contact inflicted by one person upon another person without consent
Battery
300
Crime in which a person falsely makes or alters a writing or document with intent to defraud.
Forgery
300
Situation when someone does something as a result of coercion or a threat of immediate danger to life or personal safety.
Duress.
400
Primary federal gun-control law
What is The Gun Control Act (1968)
400
Agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime coupled with an intent to commit the crime and some action or conduct that furthers the agreement.
Conspiracy
400
Intercourse with someone under the legal age of consent.
Statutory Rape
400
Unlawful taking of property by someone to whom it was entrusted.
Embezzlement
400
Defendant admits to committing a criminal act but claims that he or she was induced or persuaded by a law enforcement officer to commit the crime.
Entrapment
500
Theory under which drivers agree to submit to a BAC test in exchange for the privilege of driving.
What is Implied Consent
500
Behavior taking place before or in preparation for committing a crime. Name them (3)