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An agreement between two/more persons to commit a crime along with an act done to begin the crime
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What is Conspiracy?
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ex. planning a bank robbery.
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The killing of another person which may be criminal, noncriminal or negligent type
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What is Homicide?
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Also called murder or manslaughter.
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Killing that is justifiable or excusable and for which the killer is deemed faultless.
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What is Noncriminal Homicide?
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Ex. killing the enemy in wartime, criminal executions, police shooting of person committing a crime which is endangers others, or in self-defense/defense of another whose life is in danger.
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Murder or killing that is done with Malice/intent to seriously harm/kill another
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What is Criminal Homicide?
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Ex. 1st Degree, 2nd Degree, Felony Murder, Voluntary Manslaughter, Involuntary Manslaughter, & Negligent Homicide.
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Having the intent to seriously harm or kill another person.
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What is Malice?
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Requires premeditation or planning to do harm to others
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The failure to exercise a reasonable or ordinary amount of care in a situation that causes harm to someone.
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What is Negligence?
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Ex. Vehicular homicide or Reckless Endangerment
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The deliberate taking of one's own life; higher incidence is among teenagers and the elderly.
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What is Suicide?
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Courts treat this act as a plea for help and require them to undergo psychiatric assessment and treatment.
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An act or method of putting someone to death painlessly; "Mercykilling" is illegal & prosecutable.
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What is Euthanasia?
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A person can refuse treatment/operations even though they will die as a result. (ex. Jehovah Witnesses reject any medical intervention for treatment of disease or illness)
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To attempt to harm someone (physically) in a way that makes the victim feel immedicately threatened. Regardless of whether there is physical contact, the victim need only feel that he/she will be hurt.
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What is Assault?
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Most states combine this crime with Battery.
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Any intentional, unlawful physical contact inflicted on one person by another without consent.
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What is Battery?
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May be combined with Assault.
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Influencing or persuading legislators to take action to introduce a bill or vote a certain way on a proposed law.
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What is Lobbying?
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Proponents of a bill/law who try to sway the vote on a controversial issue one way or another in state courts and legislatures.
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Unlawful sexual intercourse committed when one party forces another to have sexual intercourse.
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What is Rape?
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This act implies resistance and lack of consent.
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"Acquaintance Rape" is used to describe a sexual assault by someone known to the victim, a date, steady boyfriend, neighbor, or friend; often unreported by victims.
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What is Date Rape?
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Some states require confirmation of victims' story by a testimonial witness, a doctors report that sexual intercourse took place or a prompt report to police of the crime.
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The deliberate and malicious burning of property.
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What is Arson?
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Ex. burning a building or property as a psychological compulsion, as a hate crime or to defraud insurance company.
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The deliberate destruction or defacement of property.
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What is Vandalism?
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Ex. Malicious mischief which destroys or damages property of others. Can be a misdemeanor or felony based on the costs involved.
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The unlawful taking of another's property with the intent to steal it. Petty Larceny is a misdemeanor involving theft of anything below $100 while Grand Larceny is theft of anything greater than $100.
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What is Larceny?
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Ex. Keeping lost property when a reasonable method exists for finding the owner.
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A form of Larceny in which items are taken from a store w/o payment or the intention to pay.
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What is Shoplifting?
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Concealment is "attempted" shoplifting. This crime hurts everyone as stores pass their losses along to the consumer.
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The taking of money or property by a person who has been entrusted with it.
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What is Embezzlement?
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Ex. a bank teller or personal accountant who steals from his/her employer
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The unlawful taking of property from a person's immediate possession by force or threat of force.
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What is Robbery?
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Element of force is different between Larceny & Robbery. A "pickpocket" commits crime w/o knowledge of the victim while a mugger uses force to take something from you
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The taking of property illegally by force or threat of harm.
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What is Extortion?
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Ex. Blackmail, threats to do future physical harm, destroy property or injure someone's character or reputation in some way.
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Breaking and entering a building with the intention of committing a felony.
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What is Burglary?
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Stiffer penalties accompany burglaries committed at night, at inhabited dwellings, and with weapons.
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The act of making a false document or altering a real one with the intent to commit fraud.
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What is Forgery &/ Uttering?
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Uttering is offering someone as genuine, a document known to be fake ( bad checks)
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Receiving or buying property that is known or reasonably believed to be stolen.
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What is Receiving Stolen Property?
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A felony if value of stolen property exceeds $100 or a misdemeanor if less than $100.
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When a person intends to take a vehicle temporarily, i.e., Joyriding which is a misdemeanor. If the person intended to take the car permanently, the crime may be Larceny/Autotheft.
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What is Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle or UUV?
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"Carjacking" is a Federal crime and punishable by a sentence of up to life in prison due to using force or intimidation to steal a car from its driver.
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The authorized access to someone's computer system and internal information. Punishable by possible jail term and fines up to $250,000
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What are Computer Crimes?
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Ex. Hacking is intentionally trying to break into computer systems, or sabotage them by implanting "worms" or "viruses" into the memory to slow them / shut them down.
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