Elementary Dear Watson
An element of crime that requires an external consequence for a crime to occur
What is Harm?
Mental impairment as a defense against a criminal charge
What is the Insanity?
Wrong in themselves
What is Mala In Se?
The number of crimes per unit of population
What is the Crime Rate?
Often the most burdensome and lasting consequence of victimization
What is Fear?
An element of crime that requires a penalty be established for the criminal act
What is Punishment?
Special category of offense created for those 7 years old and younger in the U.S. as a defense against criminal responsibility
What is Juvenile Delinquency or the Underage Defense?
An estimate of crimes committed
What is a Crime Index?
A collection of crime statistics gathered voluntarily and administered by the FBI
What is the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)?
More afraid of crime than men
Who are Women?
An element of crime that requires criminal harm to be forbidden and that the law not be retroactive
What is Legality?
If forced to commit a crime against your will, you can utilize this defense.
What is the Duress?
An act that is illegal for a juvenile to commit but not illegal for an adult to commit
What is a Status Offense?
The Part 1 offenses in the FBI's uniform crime reports
What are the Eight Index Crimes?
Defensive measure used most often in response to fear
What is Avoidance?
An element of crime that is the intentional criminally negligent action or inaction that causes harm
What is Actus Reus?
A crime committed to prevent a more serious crime
What is Necessity?
A survey that asks if respondents have committed a crime
What is a Self-Report Crime Survey?
NIBRS
What is the National Incident-Based Reporting System?
More likely than women to be victims of violent crime
Who are Men?
An element of crime that requires Actus Reus and Mens Rea occur together
What is Concurrence?
When a police officer induces a person to commit a crime when he/she is not predisposed to commit the crime
What is Entrapment?
The number of crimes not officially recorded by the police
What is the Dark Figure of Crime?
A survey that asks respondents if they have been a victim of any of the FBI's index offenses
What are National Crime Victimization Surveys?
This U.S. region has the highest violent crime victimization rate
What is the Midwest?