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Crimes/Criminal Behavior
Rights and Responsibilities
Business Related Crimes/Defenses to Criminal Charges.
Punishments for Crimes
Misc.
100
Punishable offense against society?
What is a crime.
100
A reasonable ground for belief.
What is probable cause?
100
Offenses committed in the business world are typically referred to as?
What is white-collar crime.
100
Any penalty provided by lawn and imposed by a court.
What is punishment.
100
Crime punishable by confinement in jail for less than one year.
What is a misdemeanor.
200
Three elements of a criminal act?
What is duty, violation of duty, criminal intent.
200
One of the most important rights of an accused criminal.
What is representation.
200
Commonly known as theft.
What is larceny?
200
Purpose of punishment in criminal courts.
What is discipline the wrongdoer.
200
Crime punishable by fine of more than $1,000.
What is a felony.
300
A minor crime that does not require criminal intent.
What is a traffic offense.
300
Defense based on problems with the way evidence is obtained or the way an accused person is arrested, questioned, tried, or punished.
What is procedural defense.
300
Falsely making or materially altering a writing to defraud another.
What is Forgery.
300
Most severe punishment in US legal system.
What is execution.
300
Willful and illegal burning of a building.
What is arson.
400
Under early common law, children under this age were considered incapable of of forming criminal intent.
What is age 7.
400
Disprove, justify, or excuse an alleged crime.
What is substantive defense.
400
Unlawfully offering or giving anything of value to influence performance of an official.
What is bribery.
400
Most minor punishment in US legal system.
What is a fine.
400
Agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime.
What is conspiracy.
500
When an officer can be held criminaly
What is vicarious criminal liability.
500
Freedom from prosecution even when one has committed the crime charged.
What is immunity.
500
One who obtains money or other property by lying about a past or existing fact.
What is false pretenses.
500
Accused person may agree to plead guilty to a less serious crime.
What is plea bargaining.
500
Obtaining money or other property from a person by wrongful use of force, fear, or the power of office.
What is extortion.