Types of Crime

Criminal negligence

negligent behavior causes death of a person; person fails to perceive a risk

Aggravated Assault

With intent to kill, rape, seriously injure

Felony

Severe crime. 1yr or more in prison

Fraud

Twisting/bending the truth to get money

Shoplifting

Stealing from a store

Robbery

Violently stealing from someone

Receiving stolen goods

Knowing what you have is stolen

Disorderly conduct

Disturbing the neighborhood

Kidnapping

Taking/detaining someone against their will

Vagrancy

Living on the street with no support

Harassment

An act that annoys/alarms someone

Burglary

Breaking into a building to commit a crime

Vandalism

Purposefully destroying someones’ property

Armed Robbery

Stealing from someone with a weapon/ or a illusion of a weapon

Prostitution

Selling your body in exchange for money/gains

Statutory Rape

Intercourse with someone underage

Arson

Burning of someones property

Embezzlement

Taking money you’re intrusted with

Extortion

A threat to get money or property

Rape

Sexual intercourse against someones will or someone underage

Bigamy

Being married to more than one person; having multiple wives/husbands

Hate crime

Crime made against someone/something due their race, religion, gender, status( felony, charges your sentence up a degree)

Miranda Rights

The lists of rights read to the accused when they’re arrested (5th and 6th ammendments)

Juvenile

A penson who commited a crime but is not yet an adult

Gambling

Playing any game of chance that involves money

Public Intoxication

Under the influence in a public place

Prosecutor

The institution conduction legal proceeding against defendent

Indictment (the document)

Formal charges in a crime

Arraingment

The process or act of formal reading of charges

Subpoena

A legal document that forces someone to appear in court

Pro bono

When a lawyer works for free

Public Defender

A free lawyer assigned to the defendent or poor

Plea Bargin

Plead guilty to a lesser time

Defendent

The accused

1st degree murder

killed with intend and was planned out

2nd degree murder

Killed with intent but not planned out

Misdemeanor

Minor crime; 1 year or less in jail

Precedent

An earlier event that is regarded as an example/guide that is conisdered similar in regard to circumstances

Causation

Links the defendan’s conduct to the result of the crime

Mens Rea

The mental state at the time the crime was commited

Actus Reus

Guilty Action

Corpus Delecti

Evidence that proves the crime was commited( body, bloody knife.)

Involuntary Manslaughter

Killing somone by accident without intent

Voluntary Manslaughter

crime of passion; with intent to harm or seriously injure, not kill