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| A wrong against society proclaimed in a statute and, if committed, punishable by society through fines, imprisonment, or death. |
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| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt |
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| The standard of proof used in criminal cases. |
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| A guilty (prohibited) act. The commission of a prohibited act is one of the two essential elements required for criminal liability, the other element being the intent to commit a crime. |
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| The wrongful mental state ("guilty mind"), or intent, that is one of the key requirements to establish criminal liability for an act. |
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| The act of forcefully and unlawfully taking personal property of any value from another. |
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| Th unlawful entry or breaking into a building with the intent to commit a felony. |
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| The wrongful taking and carrying away of another person's personal property with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of the property. |
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| The intentional burning of a building. |
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| The fraudulent making or altering of any writing in a way that changes the legal rights and liabilities of another. |
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| Nonviolent crime committed by individuals or corporations to obtain a personal or business advantage. |
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| The fraudulent appropriation of funds or other property by a person who was entrusted with the funds or property. |
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| The purchase or sale of securities on the basis of inside information. |
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| Engaging in financial transactions to conceal the identity, source, or destination of illegally gained funds. |
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| A crime that carries the most severe sanctions, ranging from more than one year in a state or federal prison to the death penalty. |
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| A lesser crime than a felony, punishable by a fine or incarceration in jail for up to one year. |
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| The least serious kind of criminal offense, such as a traffic or building-code violation. |
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| The legally recognized privilege to do what is reasonably necessary to protect oneself, one's property, or someone else against injury by another. |
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| Unlawful pressure brought to bear on a person, causing the person to perform an act that she or he would not otherwise perform. |
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| A defense in which a defendant claims that he or she was induced by a public official to commit a crime that he or she would otherwise not have committed. |
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| Giving testimony in a trial or other legal proceeding that could expose the person testifying to criminal prosecution. |
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| The process by which a criminal defendant and the prosecutor work out an agreement to dispose of the criminal case, subject to court approval. |
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| An oder granted by a public authority, such as a judge, that authorizes law enforcement personnel to search particular premises or property. |
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| Reasonable grounds for believing that a search should be conducted or that a person should be arrested. |
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| The fifth amendment requirement that prohibits a person fro being tried twice for the same criminal offense. |
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| A rule that prevents evidence that is obtained illegally or without a proper search warrant- and any evidence derived from illegally obtained evidence-from being admissible in court. |
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| A formal charge by a grand jury that there is probable cause to believe that a named person has committed a crime. |
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| A group of citizens who decide, after hearing the state's evidence, whether a reasonable basis exists for believing that a crime has been committed and that a trial ought to be held. |
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| A formal accusation or complaint issued in certain types of actions by a government prosecutor. |
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| The unlawful use of a computer or network to take or alter data, or to gain the use of computers or services without authorization. |
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| A crime that occurs in the online environment rather than in the physical world. |
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| Any misrepresentation knowingly made over the Internet with he intention of deceiving another for the purpose of obtaining property or funds. |
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| The illegal use of someone else's personal information to access the victim's financial resources. |
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| An e-mail fraud scam in which the messages purport to be from legitimate businesses to induce individuals into revealing their personal financial data, passwords, or other information. |
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| A person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data. |
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| A network of compromised computers connected to the Internet that can be used to generate spam, relay viruses, or cause servers to fail. |
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| Malicious software programs, such as viruses and worms, that are designed to cause harm to a computer, network, or other device. |
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| A software program that automatically replicates itself over a network but does not alter files an dis usually invisible to the user until it has consumed system resources. |
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| A software program that can replicate itself over a network and spread from one device to another, altering files and interfering with normal operations. |
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