Street Law 2
Terms
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- Vandalism
- The deliberate destruction or defacement of property
- Stalking
- The act of following or harrassing another person, causing him or her to fear death or injury
- Statuatory Rape
- Sexual intercourse by a male with a female who has not yet reached the legal age consent.
- Suicide
- The deliberate taking of ones own life.
- Date Rape
- Sexual assult by someone known to the victim, such as a date or neighbor.
- Battery
- Any intentional, unlawful physical contact inflicted on one person by another without consent.
- Forcible Rape
- The act of unlawful sexual intercourse committed by a man with a woman by force and without her consent.
- Burglary
- Breakning and entering a building with the intention of committing a felony.
- Larceny
- The unlawful taking of another's property with the intent to steal it.
- Computer Crime
- The unauthorized access to someone else's computer system.
- Arson
- The deliberate and malicious burning of property
- Negligent Homicide
- Causing death through negligent behavior.
- Hackers
- Persons who illegally access other people's computer systems.
- Forgery
- The act of making a fake document or altering a real one with the intent to commit fraud.
- Assault
- an international threat, show of force, or movement that causes a reasonable fear of, or an actual physical contact with another person.
- Embezzlement
- The taking of money or property by a person who has been entrusted with it, for example a bank teller or a company accountant.
- Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle
- Unlawfully taking a car by someone who intends to use it only temporarily.
- Non Criminal Homicide
- A killing that is justifiable or excusable and for which the killer is deemed faultless.
- Carjacking
- A federal crime in which the perpetrator uses force or intimidation to steal a car from the driver.
- Extortion
- Taking property illegally by force or threats of harm....i.e.backmail.
- Concealment
- The act of hiding either knowledge or objects
- Voluntary Manslaughter
- Intentional but not premeditated, resulting from the heat of passion or the diminished mental capacity of the killer.
- Shoplifting
- A form of larceny in which items are taken from a store without payment or the intent to pay
- Uttering
- Offering to someone as genuine a document known to be fake.
- Malice
- ill will: deliberate intent to harm someone.
- Negligence
- The failure to exersice a reasonable amount of care in either doing or not doing something, resulting in harm or injury.
- 1st Degree Murder
- Is planned in advanced and done with malice or during the commision of a dangerous felony.
- 2nd Degree Murder
- Does not require malice or premeditation but is the result of a desire to inflict bodily harm.
- Homicide
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The killing of another person.
- Robbery
- The unlawful taking of property from a person's immediate possession by bforce or threat of force.
- Felony Murder
- The killing of someone during the commision of certain other dangerous felonies, regardless of intent to kill.
- Reciving Stolen Property
- Reciving or buying property that is known or reasonably believed to be stolen.
- Involuntary Manslaughter
- When unintentional but done during an unlawful act of a lesser nature.