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22 Cards in this Set
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Aggravated Assult |
Assault made more serious by presence of a firearm or as part of intent to commit a felony |
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Aggravated battery |
A battery that causes serious bodily injury or is committed with a deadly weapon |
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Assault |
In many instances, an assault is an attempt to commit a battery, but many states also make other conduct an assault. Could be combined with a charge of battery constitute the crimes of assault and battery |
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Battery |
A successful assault, in which the victim is actually and intentionally struck by the defendant |
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False imprisonment |
Unlawful restraint or detention of a person |
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Hostage taking |
The use or threat of use of force to restrain or confine a person with the intent to use the person as a hostage to compel another person to perform some act |
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Kidnapping |
False imprisonment coupled with movement of a person |
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Mayhem and malicious disfigurement |
Willfully inflicting an injury on another so as to cripple or mutilate the person |
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Menacing |
Intentionally placing or attempting to place another in fear of immediate serious physical injury |
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Offensive touching |
Unpermitted physical contact with another person, usually limited to "private" or genital parts |
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Child pornography |
Movies, pictures, or drawings that depict children in explicit sexual relations. Unlike adult pornography, child pornography need not be obscene to be criminal |
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Corroborative |
Physical evidence or witness testimony other than from the victim that supports the claim that a crime occurred |
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Incest |
Sexual relations between persons closely related |
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Megan's laws |
Laws passed in many states requiring convicted sex offenders to register with a state or local registration office. Named after a young girl killed by a convicted sex offender. |
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Pornography |
Movies, pictures, writings, and other expressions that are intended to arouse sexual incitement and have no artistic merit or redeeming social value |
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Procuring, promoting, and pimping |
Actions taken to provide services of a prostitute. |
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Prostitution |
Providing sex for money or other value |
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Rape |
Anal, vaginal, or oral penetration by force or threat of force |
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Rape shield laws |
Laws passed by many states to limit the extent of which defense attorneys in a rape case can inquire into the victim's past sexual life |
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Sexual assault |
The crime in most states that includes the crime of rape, well as other lesser degrees of assault. |
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Sexual harassment |
Unwelcome sexual advances, with or without physical contact; in the workplace, creation of a "hostile environment" such as belittling or embarrassing an employee or co-worker who has refused sexual advances, can be sexual harassment. |
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Statutory rape |
Sexual intercourse with a minor female under a certain age, usually 18. Consent and, generally, mistake as to age are not defenses to this crime |
