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Crim Law 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Motive | Reason for performing the act |
| Strict liability | Legal responsibility for damage or injury even if you are not negligent |
| Felony | Crime with penalty of more than one year |
| Principal | Person who commits a crime |
| Accomplice | Someone who helps principal commit a crime |
| Accessory before the fact | Person who helps plan a crime, but is not present when it is committed |
| Accessory after the fact | A person who helps the principal avoid capture or helps them escape, and does know a crime was committed |
| Crime of omission | Failing to perform an act required by criminal law when physically able to perform the required act |
| Solicitation | Act of asking a person to commit a crime |
| Attempt | When someone performs all the elements of a crime but fails to achieve the criminal result |
| Conspiracy | Agreement between two or more people to commit a crime |
| Act | Something that may have legal consequences-usually includes a guilty state of mind |
| Intent | With purpose - you ment to do it |
| Overt | An act that is open to view |
| Principal | Person who commits a crime |
| Suicide | Deliberate taking of one's own life |
| Stalking | When a person repeatedly follows or harasses another person and makes threats, causing the victim to fear death or bodily injury |
| One of the leading causes of death among teenagers. | Suicide---one teenager succeeds in killing himself every 15 minutes |
| Guilty state of mind | Prohibited act was done intentionally, knowingly, or willfully |
| Two elements that must be met before something is considered a crime | Act, intent |
| What is responsible for the rise in crime? | A combination of factors |
| Misdemeanor | A criminal act with the maximum penalty of less than one year in prison |
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