Street Law Chapter 08 Introduction to Criminal Law
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 State of mind | what you are thinking; most crimes require that the actor have a guilty state of mind, meaning that he or she purposefully commits the prohibited act |
| Motive | the reasons a person commits a crime |
| Strict liability | the legal responsibility for damage or injury even if you are not negligent |
| Elements | the conditions that make an act unlawful |
| Felony | a serious criminal offense, punishable by a prison sentence of more than one year |
| Misdemeanor | a criminal offense, less serious than a felony, punishable by a prion sentence of one year or less |
| Principal | the person who commits a crime |
| Accomplice | a person who voluntarily helps another person commit a crime; unlike an accessory, an accomplice is usually present or directly aids in the crime |
| Accessory before the fact | a person who helps commit a crime but usually is not present. One who encourages, orders, or helps plan a crime. |
| Accessory after the fact | a person who helps commit a crime but usually is not present. Someone who, knowing a crime has been committed, helps conceal the crime or the criminal |
| Crime of omission | failing to perform an act required by criminal law |
| Solicitation | the act of requesting or strongly urging someone to do something. If the request is to do something illegal, solicitation is considered a crime |
| Attempt | an effort to commit a crime that goes beyond mere preparation but does not result in the commission of the crime |
| Conspiracy | an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime along with a substantial act toward committing the crime |
| Misprision of felony | federal crime, punishable by up to three years in prison, for not providing the government with information a person knows regarding the commission of another crime |
| Overt | open, clear (For example, an overt act in criminal law is more than mere preparation to do something; it is at least the first step of actually attempting the crime) |
| crime | an act or failure to act that violates a law and for which a government has set a penalty (usually a fine, jail, or probation) |
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