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This study guide provides an overview of key concepts in criminal law, including offenses such as arson, assault, battery, burglary, defamation, embezzlement, kidnapping, manslaughter, murder, negligence, robbery, slander, tort, and trespass. It also explores important legal defenses and principles.
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Arson- • the willful and malicious burning of a house or building.
Assault- • an attempt to commit battery.
Assumption of risk- • The negligence defense that might be used by a baseball club that is sued by spectators.
Battery- • the unlawful touching of another person.
Breach of duty- • is the element of negligence that involves the failure to act as a reasonable person.
Burglary- • breaking and entering a place with the intent to commit a felony or misdemeanor.
Comparative negligence- • The doctrine where the amount of the plaintiff’s recovery is reduced by the percent of his or her negligence.
Crime- • an offense against the public at large.
defamation • the wrongful act of injuring another person’s reputation by making false statements.
Defendant- • the person being tried for a crime.
Defense of family members- • may be claimed by a father who uses force to save his child from an attack.
Embezzlement • The wrongful taking of another’s property by a person who has been entrusted with that property.
Entrapment- • when a law enforcement officer induces a law-abiding citizen to commit a crime.
Felony • a major crime punishable by imprisonment or death.
Intentional tort- • is a wrong committed by a person who knows and wants the resulting consequences.
Kidnapping- • occurs when a person is removed or restrained against their will.
Larceny- • the unlawful taking and carrying away of the personal property of another with the intent to deprive the owner of the property. shoplifting is a form of.
Manslaughter- • The unlawful killing of one human being by another, without malice or aforethought.
Misdemeanor- • a less serious crime with a possible penalty of a fine or brief imprisonment in a county or city jail.
Murder- • the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought.
Negligence- • the failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would have exercised in the same circumstances.
Nuisance- • loud noises late at night, noxious odors, and fumes coming from a nearby house are examples.
Plaintiff- • a representative of the government in a criminal proceeding.
Prosecutor- • the government attorney who presents the case in court against the person accused.
Required state of mind- • one of the elements that define a crime (2) the criminal act.
Robbery- • the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal property of another through violence.
Slander- • is a false statement made orally to a third party.
Strict liability- • People who are engaged in ultrahazardous activities may be held liable even without negligence or malice.
Tort- • a private wrong committed by one person against another.
Trespass- • A wrongful injury to, or interference with, the property of another.
THE END!!! • GO FORTH AND STUDY !!!
