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51 Cards in this Set
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Inchoate offense
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incomplete offence
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Attempt
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an effort to accomplish a particular purpose
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Overt act
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a substantal step toward the completion of a crime
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Solicitation
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asking another to perform or aid in the commission of a crime
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conspiracy
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an agreement by two or more persons to accomplish a criminal act or to use unlawful means to complete a legal act.
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Stalking
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a person commits stalking when he or she knowingly, in atlest 2 seperate occasions, follows another person or places the person under surveillance
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Homicide
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taking of another's life. either murder or manslaughter
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Murder (commonlaw)
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requires malice aforethought
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Manslaughter (commonlaw)
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requires no malice
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1st degree murder
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must have premeditiation
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felony murder
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when a murder occures unintentionally as a result of an action during another felony
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2nd degree murder
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the unlawful killing of a person while in a state of depraved mind or heart
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excusable homicide
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an extreme form of self defence to murder in which the intended target kills the attacker.
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justifiable homicide
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occurs when a person carries out a death sentence by court order or other legal duties.
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specific defence to homicide
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heat of passion. used to show lack of reasonable care or in accadental killings.
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Rape shield law
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disallows the use of a victems prior sexual activities
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child abuse
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the physical or psychological endangerment of a child
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False imprisonment
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the forable holding of a person aginst their will.
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kidnapping
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forcibly abducting and taking a person to another area.
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child snatching
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a specific form of kidnapping preformed by a parent.
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Hate crimes
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offenses motivated by the bias aginst a person's race,sex,disability,ect.
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Larceny
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the wrongful taking of anothers property with the intent to permanently deprive
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False pretenses
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the accused obtains wares by false pretenses and with the intent to cheat or defraud the other person
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robbery
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taking of anothers personal property, from another persons possession or presences by force or plaing the person in fear with intent to permantly deprive
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Burglary
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breaking and entering of a dwelling or another during the nighttime with the intent to commit a felony therein
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Arson
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1)the willful and malicious 2)burning of a dwelling 3)of another
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Fornication
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sexual intercourse between unmarried people
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adultery
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is the sexual intercourse between two people when atleast one is married to another person
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prostitution
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a person who indulges in sexual activity for hire
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indecent exposure
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the willful exposure of one genitals to the public or to another person
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obscenity
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person promotes or possesses with intent to promote any obscene material or produces, presents or directs performance in a portion thereof.
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Profanity
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a person may not profanely curse and swear or use obscene language upon or near any public stucture, or do so in a disorderly manner
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Gambing
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1)consideration
2)prize 3)chance not skill |
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prohivition
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18th ammendment 1920
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repealed prohibition
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21st ammendment 1933
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Public drunkenness
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intoxicated from the voluntary use of intoxicating liquors while in public
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Disorderly intoxication
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has mostly replaced public intoxication. requres the person to be activly causing problems while intoxicated in public
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DWI, DUI, DUBAL
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driving while intoxicated (alchol only) Driving under the influence (alchol and drugs) Ariving with an unlawful blood alcohol level
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actual possession
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the item in question is either on or under direct control of the possessor
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constructive possession
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if the person how ownership, control, or dominion over the contraband itself OR over the premises in which it is concealed
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drug court
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a form of semi-house arrest for non-violent drug offenders. acts as an intervention program as well as a punishment
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White collor crimes
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crime in which a person of an upper socioeconomic status is more likly to commit. non-violent crimes.
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Antitrust violations
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price fixing, bid rigging
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bid rigging
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interfering with competitive bidding for award of a contract.
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Mail fraud
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a scheme devised or intended to defraud or obtain money or property by fraudulent means. th euse or causing to use the mail in futherence of the fraudulent scheme.
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money laundering
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disguising illegal income to make it appear legitimate
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insider trading
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using non-public information to trade securities without first disclosign that information to the public
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churning
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making transactions in a customers account for the sole purpose of creating commissions for the broker
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Racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (RICO)
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prohibits the infiltration of legitimate orginizations by racketeers where foreign or interstate commerce is affected.
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Pattern of racketeering
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requres proof of at least two acts of racketerring within ten years excluding time imprisoned (used in RICO)
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Predicate acts
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Any act that can be used to establish a pattern of racketeering
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