Chapter 4 Criminal Law

Categories Business Related Crimes Crime Classification Elements of Crime Vocabulary Defenses

100 Question A A crime where a person obtains money by lying about a past or existing fact.

100 Answer What is false pretenses?

200 Question A A crime where money is offered to influence the performance of an official.

200 Answer What is bribery?

300 Question A A type of larceny where a building is entered without permission.

300 Answer What is burglary?

400 Question A An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime.

400 Answer What is conspiracy?

500 Question A A person who receives stolen property.

500 Answer What is a fence?

100 Question A A serious crime that is punishable by confinement in a state prison or a large fine.

100 Answer What is a felony?

200 Question A Obscenity is a crime against ________.

200 Answer What is decency?

300 Question A A less serious crime that is punishable by confinement in a county or city jail.

300 Answer What is a misdemeanor?

400 Question A Lying under oath.

400 Answer What is perjury?

500 Question A A lesser misdemeanor where the defendant cannot be jailed.

500 Answer What is an infraction?

100 Question A A crime against an individual but not against society.

100 Answer What is a civil offense?

200 Question A A punishable offense against society.

200 Answer What is a crime?

300 Question A Criminal intent means the defendant intended to do ________.

300 Answer What is evil?

400 Question A Name the three elements of a crime.

400 Answer What is duty, violation of duty, and criminal intent?

500 Question A The doctrine that holds corporate officers responsible for employee crimes.

500 Answer What is vicarious criminal liability?

100 Question A Another name for business crime.

100 Answer What is white-collar crime?

200 Question A Defenses based on the ability to disprove, justify, or excuse the alleged crime.

200 Answer What are substantive defenses?

300 Question A Defenses based on the way the evidence was obtained.

300 Answer What are procedural defenses?

400 Question A A witness who refuses to testify is said to be in ________________.

400 Answer What is contempt of court?

500 Question A To convict a person of a crime, the evidence must establish guilt beyond a _______________.

500 Answer What is a reasonable doubt?

100 Question A Freedom from prosecution even when one has committed the crime as charged.

100 Answer What is immunity?

200 Question A An agreement to plead guilty to a less serious crime is called ________.

200 Answer What is plea bargain?

300 Question A An accused person who does not know the difference between right and wrong can claim criminal _______.

300 Answer What is insanity?

400 Question A Showing proof that you were elsewhere during the time of the crime proves that you have an _______.

400 Answer What is an alibi?

500 Question A The use of force that appears to be reasonably necessary to the victim to prevent death or serious bodily harm.

500 Answer What is self-defense?