Crime Basics & Liability
A crime is conduct that is prohibited and punished by this authority.
What is the government?
An agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act is called this.
What is conspiracy?
A crime requiring knowledge of computer operation is called this.
What is a computer crime?
Threatening someone with imminent harm is this tort.
What is assault?
egligence requires duty, breach, causation, and this final element.
What are damages?
Crimes punishable by less than one year in prison are classified as these.
What are misdemeanors?
This act prohibits financial transactions designed to conceal the source of funds.
What is the Money Laundering Control Act?
Taking information from a computer without the owner’s consent is known as this.
What is computer raiding?
rongful touching without consent is known as this.
What is battery?
This defense completely bars recovery if the plaintiff contributed to their own injury.
What is contributory negligence?
Criminal liability requires a guilty mind and a guilty act, known as these two elements.
What are mens rea and actus reus?
This federal act prevents criminals from investing racketeering profits into legitimate businesses.
What is RICO?
Using a computer to misdirect deliveries is called this.
What is diverted delivery by computer?
Detaining someone without consent is this tort, though shopkeepers have a limited privilege.
What is false imprisonment?
A written acknowledgment of risk is known as this type of assumption
What is express assumption of the risk?
This term describes the requirement that the mental state and act occur together.
What is concurrence?
Giving money or benefits to influence someone’s judgment is this crime.
What is bribery?
This act makes it illegal to steal or communicate trade secrets using a computer.
What is the Economic Espionage Act?
A false statement communicated to a third party is this tor
What is defamation?
Governments are usually protected from liability under this doctrine.
What is immunity?
Crimes can be classified as either common law or this type created by legislatures.
What is statutory?
Fraudulent conversion of another’s property is known as this white‑collar crime.
What is embezzlement?
Circumventing encryption on copyrighted material violates this federal law.
What is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)?
Outrageous conduct causing severe emotional distress is this tort.
What is intentional infliction of emotional distress?
Liability imposed regardless of intent, often in product cases, is known as this.
What is strict liability?