Business Law I Chapter 5-Our Criminal Laws

A punishable offense against society

• Crime

• Law

• Order

• Duty

Offenses against the victim, not just society

• Crimes

• Civil Offenses

• Duty

• Law

A state statute prohibiting certain conduct

• Crime

• Law

• Duty

• Order

the breach of duty--the specific conduct that violates the statue of duty

• Crime

• Duty

• Law

• Criminal Act

Where the defendant intended to commit the act and intended to do evil

• Criminal Intent

• Crime

• Criminal

• Duty

The criminal conduct of taking another's property or money by a person to whom it has been entrusted

• Bribery

• Embezzlement

• Forgery

• Larceny

A doctrine where the criminal intent of the employee is used as a substitute for the requirement of criminal intent for an officer

• Duty

• Vicarious Criminal Liability

• Strict Liability

• Felony

A crime punishable by confinement for more than a year in a state or prison or by a fine of more than $1,000, or both--or even death

• Crime

• Misdemeanor

• Infraction

• Felony

People who lie under oath, can be imprisoned for two or three years

• Perjury

• Anti-Trust Laws

• False Pretenses

• Extortion

A less serious crime that is usually punishable by confinement in a county or city jail for less than one year, by fine, or both

• Felony

• Misdemeanor

• Infraction

• White-collar Crime