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Collab Review #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| conspiracy | an agreement to commit some other crime |
| accessory | accessory after the fact; usually a misdemeanor |
| solicitation | the crime of trying to get someone else to commit a crime |
| RICO | imposes enhanced penalties for “all types of organized criminal behavior, that is, enterprise criminality from simple political to sophisticated white collar schemes to traditional Mafia-type endeavors |
| vicarious liability | establishes when a party can be criminally liable for someone else’s conduct because of a relationship; transfers the criminal conduct of one party to another because of their relationship |
| enterprise | just about any form of human endeavor |
| criminal objective | the criminal goal of an agreement to commit a crime |
| solicitation actus reus | acts that include some kind of inducement to commit the solicited crime |
| agency theory | the idea that we’re autonomous agents with the freedom to choose our actions and become accountable for someone else’s actions when we voluntarily “join in and identify with those actions” |
| parental responsibility statutes | based on parents’ acts and omissions; differ from vicarious liability statutes, which are based on the parent–child relationship |
| overt act requirement | the requirement of an act that furthers the agreement in conspiracy |
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