Law and Society

Assault

any attempt or threat to carry out a physical attack upon another person.

Elements 

The details that make an act a crime.

Act

The actual commission of a crime.

Intent

The person intended or meant to commit a crime.

Motive

The reason a person commits a crime.

Principal

The person who commits a crime.

Accomplice

Someone who helps another person commit a crime.

Accessory (Before the Fact)

A person who helps the principal commit a crime but who is not present during the commission of the crime.

Accessory (After the Fact)

A person who, knowing a crime has been committed, helps the principal avoid capture or escape.

Solicitation

Asking, commanding, urging, advising another person to commit a crime.

Attempt

Must have intended to commit a crime and taken some substantial step toward committing the crime.

Conspiracy 

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

Felony

a serious crime punishable by more than one year in a state or federal prison

Misdemeanor

a criminal offense that is considered less serious than a felony and is punishable by a fine, community service, or jail time of less than one year

Crime

an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law.

Crime of Omission

the failure to act when there is a legal duty to do so, resulting in criminal liability.

Restitution

the restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner, recompense for injury or loss.

Homicide

The killing of a person that is not legally justified or excusable.

Larceny

Theft of personal property

Burglary

entry into a building illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft.

Robbery

the action of taking property unlawfully from a person or place by force or threat of force.