General Principles of Crimes
Conduct that is prohibited and punished by the government.
What is Crime
Agreement to commit an unlawful act
What is a conspiracy
A crime that can be only by a person having some knowledge of the operation of a computer.
What is a computer crime?
A civil wrong that interferes with one's property or person.
What is a tort?
Threatening a person with imminent harm.
What is Assault
Punishable by more than one year in prison
What are felonies
The act of giving money, property, or a benefit to a person to influence their judgement.
What is Bribery
Taking information from a computer without consent from the owner.
What is computer raiding?
What is intentional torts?
The wrongful touching of a person without their consent.
What is battery?
Punishable by less than one year in prison
What are misdemeanors
A public officer makes an illegal demand.
What is extortion?
Stealing or communicating a trade secret.
What is The Economic Espionage Act
What is strict liability?
Detaining a person without their consent.
mens rea
What is mental state
The fraudulent making of a document or coin that appears to be genuine but is not.
What is counterfeiting?
Circumventing encryption of copyrighted material.
What is The Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
Failure to exercise due care.
What is Negligence?
Public disclosure of private facts, intrusion into the plaintiff's private affairs, appropriation of another's name, likeliness or image for commercial advantage.
What is invasion of privacy?
Actus reus
What is Act or Omission
What is perjury
Theft of hardware, theft of software, and/or intentional damage
What is the computer as a victim?
A wrong that arises from a violation of public duty.
What is a crime?
Duty to exercise reasonable care, breach of duty, causation, and damages.
What are the elements to negligence?