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11 Cards in this Set
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respondeat superior
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employers are legally liable for their employees’ illegal acts.
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accessories
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the parties liable for separate, lesser offenses following a crime.
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accomplices
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the parties liable as principals before and during a crime.
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complicity
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the principle regarding parties to crime that establishes the conditions under which more than one person incurs liability before, during, and after committing crimes; when one person is liable for another person’s crime.
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conspiracy
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agreeing to commit a crime.
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ignorance of the law
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a defense that the defendant didn’t know the rules, so he couldn’t know he was breaking the law.
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mere presence rule
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a person’s presence at the scene of a crime doesn’t by itself satisfy the actus reus requirement of accomplice liability.
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parent responsibility laws
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statutes that make parents liable for their children’s crimes.
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Pinkerton rule
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the rule that conspiracy and the underlying crime are separate offenses.
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result crimes
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serious crimes that include causing a criminal harm in addition to the conduct itself, for example, criminal homicide.
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vicarious liability
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the principle of liability for another based on relationship.
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