• Nonviolent crimes by office workers for personal or business gain.
burglary
• When a person breaks into a building and plans to do something illegal inside.
assault
• Placing someone in fear without actual physical contact.
battery
• Harming someone through physical contact, as with a weapon or a fist.
embezzlement
• Stealing money that has been entrusted to one’s care.
Plea bargain
• When a defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a lesser charge or a lighter sentence.
Probable cause
• Good reason to believe that a suspect has been involved in a crime.
warrant
• Legal paper, issued by a court, giving police permission to make an arrest, search, or seizure.
bail
• Money that a defendant gives the court as a kind of promise that he or she will return for the trial.
indictment
• Formal charge against the accused.
arraignment
• Court hearing in which the defendant is formally charged with a crime and enters a plea of guilty, not guilty, or no contest.
parole
• Letting an inmate go free to serve the rest of his or her sentence outside of prison.
Status offender
• Youth who is judged to be beyond the control of his or her parents or guardian.
delinquent
• Juvenile who is found guilty of a crime.
misdemeanor
• A minor crime for which the penalty is often a fine.
felony
• Serious crime for which the penalty can be imprisonment for more than one year.
Crimes against people
• Acts that threaten, hurt, or end a person’s life are which category of crime?
Victimless crimes
• Acts that primarily hurt the people who commit them, such as gambling or drug use.
Crimes against the government
• Treason and terrorism are 2 examples of this type of crime.
Crimes against property
• This category of crime occurs more often than any other crimes. Most involve stealing!
equity
• The use of general rules of fairness, to settle conflicts.
lawsuit
• Case in which the court is asked to settle a dispute
damages
• Money that is paid in an effort to make up for a loss.
injunction
• An order to do or not to do a certain act.
Criminal Law
Criminal or Civil Law?• Protects society by punishing people who
break the law.
Civil Law
Criminal or Civil Law?• Goal is to make a fair settlement and to place
responsibility where it belongs.
Civil Law
Criminal or Civil Law?• Deals with disputes between individuals,
organizations, or between the two.
divorce
• What do most domestic relations cases relate to?
contracts
• Legal agreements between buyers and sellers.
Probate cases
• Civil cases involving disagreements over how to divide up property of a friend or relative who has died.
Property Case
Which type of civil case?
• A car owner sues a repair shop if the car comes back with a new dent.
8th amendment
• Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment? 8th amendment
5th amendment
• Which amendment allows the accused due process (fair treatment), the right to a grand jury, and the right to not be forced to incriminate themselves?
6th amendment
• Which amendment gives the accused the right to a speedy and public trial, the right to a lawyer, and the right to be told what crimes they have been charged with?
Property disputes
• Which of the following is not associated with criminal law?
• Theft, property disputes, robbery, murder
complaint
• A civil lawsuit begins with a ___________, a legal document that charges someone with having caused harm.
Correctly order the steps in a criminal trial.• Appeal• initial hearing• arrest• investigation/warrant• sentencing• trial.
Foreign Policy
• a government’s plan for relating to other nations; this plan outlines the goals it hopes to meet in its relations with other countries.
Foreign Aid
• a program of giving military and economic help to other countries.
diplomacy
• the relations and communications carried out between countries
Summit Meeting
• gathering at which the President talks about important issues related to foreign policy with heads of other governments.
sanctions
• to stop or limit trade with another nation in order to change its behavior
intelligence
• information about another country and what its government plans to do
treaties
• formal agreements between countries that must be followed
aggression
• an attack or threat of attack by another country
Deterrence
• Keeping a strong defense to discourage aggression by other nations.
intoxication
• The _______________ defense argues that since the individual was intoxicated on a toxic substance, he/she should not be fully responsible for the actions committed while under the spell of the substance.
Insanity
• The _______________ defense implies that the individual was not of sane mind when committing the alleged crime and unable to comprehend the consequences of his or her actions.
Self Defense
• Type of defense that involves the act of protecting an individual person or one’s family from harm.
More than 1 million!
• How many lawsuits are filed by Americans every year?
To prevent war and protect the United States.
• What is the main goal of our military?
True
True or False?• Damages make up for past injuries, while