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23 Cards in this Set
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A minor crime punishable, under federal statutes, by fine or incarceration of no more than 6 months
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Petty Crime
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a plea of no contest that subjects the defendant to punishment but is not an admission of guilt.
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nolo contendere
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An affirmative defense claiming that the idea for the crime did not originate with the defendant but was put into the defendant's mind by a police officer or other government official.
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Entrapment
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An affirmative defnese claiming that the defendant was forced to commit the wrongful act by threat of immediate bodily harm or loss of life
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Duress defense.
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An affirmative defense claiming that a mistake made by the defendant vitiates criminal intent.
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Mistake-of-fact defense
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A crime committed in a commercial context by a member of the professional-managerial class
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White-Collar Crime
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An offense for which no state of mind is required
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Strict liability offense
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the offering, giving, soliciting, or receiving of money or any object of value for the purpose of influencing the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust, especially a government official.
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Bribery
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Intentional use of some sort of misrepresentation to gain an advantage over another party.
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Criminal Fraud
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A minor crime punishable, under federal statutes, by fine or incarceration of no more than 6 months
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Petty Crime
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the secretive and wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal property of another with the intent to permanently deprive the rightful owner of its use or possession.
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Larceny
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a plea of no contest that subjects the defendant to punishment but is not an admission of guilt.
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nolo contendere
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An affirmative defense claiming that the idea for the crime did not originate with the defendant but was put into the defendant's mind by a police officer or other government official.
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Entrapment
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An affirmative defnese claiming that the defendant was forced to commit the wrongful act by threat of immediate bodily harm or loss of life
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Duress defense.
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An affirmative defense claiming that a mistake made by the defendant vitiates criminal intent.
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Mistake-of-fact defense
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A crime committed in a commercial context by a member of the professional-managerial class
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White-Collar Crime
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An offense for which no state of mind is required
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Strict liability offense
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the offering, giving, soliciting, or receiving of money or any object of value for the purpose of influencing the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust, especially a government official.
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Bribery
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Intentional use of some sort of misrepresentation to gain an advantage over another party.
1: Intent 2: commission of frad. 3: Accomplished. |
Criminal Fraud
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the secretive and wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal property of another with the intent to permanently deprive the rightful owner of its use or possession.
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Larceny
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The wrongful conversion of the property of another by one who is lawfully in possession of that property.
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embezzlement
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A computer program that destroys, damages, rearranges, or replaces computer data.
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Virus
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A program that travels from one computer to another but does not attach itself to the operating system of the computer it "infects." It differs from a virus, which is also a migrating program but one that attaches itself to the operating system of any computer it enters and can infect any other computer that uses files from the infected computer.
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Worm
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