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Legal Aspects Unit 2
Unit 2 65 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Crime | Something one does or fails to do that violates a law. |
| Substance Abuse | The abuse of drugs or alcohol. |
| Drunk driving | Driving under the influence or driving while intoxicated. |
| Guilty State of Mind | The state of mind in which a prohibited act was done intentionally and willfully. |
| Strict liability | Crimes that do not require a guilty state of mind |
| Felony | Any crime for which the penalty is imprisonment for more than one year. |
| Misdemeanor | Any crime for which the penalty is imprisonment for one year or less. |
| Accomplice | Someone who helps the principal commit the crime. |
| Accessory before the fact | A person who orders a crime or helps the Main Criminal commit the crime but doesn't commit the crime. |
| Accessory after the fact | A person who knows the Main Criminal has committed a crime and helps them avoid capture or escape. |
| Crime of omission | When a person fails to perform an act required by a criminal law. |
| Solicitation | To ask, command, urge, or advise another person to commit a crime. |
| Homicide | The killing of one human by another |
| Criminal Intent | The motive to kill or seriously harm another person |
| First-degree Murder | Usually defined as the act of killing that is premeditated. |
| Felony murder | Any killing that takes place during the commission of certain felonies such as arson, rape, robbery, or burglary. |
| Second-degree murder | Killing that is done with malice but without premeditation or deliberation. |
| Voluntary manslaughter | Killing would otherwise be seen as murder but that occurs after the victim has done something to the killer that would cause a reasonable person to lose self-control or act rashly. |
| Involuntary manslaughter | A killing in which there is no intent to kill at all. |
| Negligent homicide | Causing death through criminal negligence |
| Suicide | The deliberate act taking of one's own life |
| Kidnapping | Stealing a person to use as a servant or worker. |
| Assault | Any attempt or threat to carry out a physical attack upon another person. |
| Battery | Any unlawful physical contact inflicted by one person upon another person without consent. |
| Stalking | When a person repeatedly follows or harasses another person and makes threats causing the victim to fear death or injury. |
| Cyberstalking | Stalking but online |
| Sexual assault | A specific kind of assault can include rape or attempted rape. |
| Rape | Sexual intercourse without consent |
| Arson | Willful and malicious burning of a person's property. |
| Vandalism | Willful destruction of, or damage to, the property of another. |
| Larceny | The unlawful taking taking and carrying away of the property of another person against his or her will with intent to permanently deprive the owner of it. |
| Shoplifting | A form of larceny. Taking items from a store without paying. |
| Embezzlement | Unlawful taking of property by someone to whom it was entrusted. |
| Robbery | Unlawful taking of property from a person's immediate possession by force intimidation. |
| Extortion | The use of threats to obtain the property of another |
| Burglary | Originally defined as breaking the dwelling of another person during the night with intent to commit a felony therein. |
| Forgery | A crime in which a person falsely makes or alters a writing or document with intent to defraud |
| Receiving Stolen Property | A crime in which a person falsely makes or alters a writing or document with intent to defraud |
| Carjacking | When a person uses force or intimidation to steal a car from a driver. |
| Cybercrime | Describes a wide range of actions that involve computers and computer networks in criminal activities. |
| Alibi | Evidence that a defendant was somewhere else at the time the crime was committed. |
| Infancy | Children under the specified age have the defense of infancy. |
| Intoxication | Someone can claim they were so intoxicated that they did not know what they were doing. |
| Insanity defense | People who have a mental disease or disorder should not be convicted if they do not know what they're doing or don't know the difference between right and wrong. |
| Duress | When a person does something as a result of coercion or a threat of immediate danger to life or personal safety. |
| Necessity | When a person is compelled to react to a situation that is unavoidable to protect life. |
| Arrest | Takes place when a person suspected of a crime is taken into custody. |
| Arrest warrant | A court order commanding that the person named in it be taken into custody. |
| Probable cause | To arrest means having a reasonable belief that a specific person has committed a crime. |
| Reasonable Suspicion | Based on less evidence than probable cause, but must be more than a mere hunch |
| Search warrant | A court order allowing law enforcement to search a specific area or place |
| Bail | An assurance to the court that the defendant will return for trial |
| Preliminary hearing | |
| A screening process used in about half of the states | |
| Grand jury | |
| A group of 16 to 23 people is charged with determining whether there is sufficient cause to believe that a person has committed a crime and should stand trial | |
| Plea bargaining | |
| Involves granting certain concessions to the defendant in exchange for a guilty plea. | |
| Due process | |
| Fair procedures | |
| Probation | |
| The defendant is released but must live under very strict regulations and meet certain conditions | |
| Death penalty | |
| The defendant is sentenced to die | |
| Deterrence | |
| Punishment to discourage the offender from committing another crime in the future | |
| Rehabilitation | |
| Helping convicted persons change their behavior so they can lead useful and productive lives | |
| Parole | |
| The release of a convicted person from prison before the full sentence | |
| Delinquent offenders | |
| Youths who have committed crimes | |
| Status defenders | |
| Youths who have committed acts that would not be crimes if they were adults | |
| Juvenile waiver | |
| Allows juvenile court judges to waive juveniles to adult court for prosecution | |
| Expunged | |
| Juvenile records that are destroyed |
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