| A | B |
|---|
| Intrinsic motivation | If someone is motivated to kill by something within themselves |
| black hat hackers | Hackers that electronically break into computer systems who steal vandalize unleash viruses |
| Common law | law set by legal precedent |
| Precedent | using previous decisions to guide you in making a current decision |
| Statute | written laws |
| Felonies | very serious crimes such as murder |
| Misdemeanor | less serious crimes such as traffic violations and shoplifting |
| Civil case | type of case in which a person is seeking compensation for damages for injuries |
| Criminal case | type of case in which the government brings charges against a person for violating a law |
| Mens rea | guilty mind; the person meant to do it |
| Malice aforethought | actual or implied intent to kill (mens rea) |
| Implied intent | person meant to do harm but did not intend to kill |
| First degree murder | deliberate and premeditated killing done with malice aforethought (cool mind) |
| Second degree murder | killing done with malice aforethought but without premeditation |
| Felony murder | killing done while committing a felony |
| Voluntary manslaughter | intentional killing without intent (malice aforethought) |
| Involuntary manslaughter | unintended killing that tdoes place during a misdemeanor |
| Suicide | deliberate taking of one’s own life |
| Receiving stolen property | receiving property from someone the person knows |
| Copyright violation | illegal copying of computer software |
| Vandalism | willful destruction of or damage to the property of another |
| Arson | willful and malicious burning of another’s property |
| Battery | unlawful physical contact inflicted by one person upon another without consent |
| Larceny | theft |
| Burglary | unlawful entry into any building with the intent to commit a crime usually theft |
| Robbery | forcible stealing or taking of someone else’s property |
| Embezzlement | when people take property that has been entrusted to them |
| Fraud | knowingly misrepresenting a fact or lying to get property from another person. |
| extortion | making a threat with the intent of getting money from someone |
| Grand theft | taking someone’s property over $500 |
| Ponzi scheme | type of fraud in which one set of investors is paid large returns by using the money from other investors to attract more and more investors |
| Bernie Madoff | ran the largest ponzi scheme in history for an estimated $65 Billion |
| Multicide or mass murder | killing of 3 or more people |
| Inchoate crimes | incomplete crimes such as accessory before the fact accessory after the fact solicitation and conspiracy |
| Solicitation | asking ordering or encouraging another to commit a crime |
| Conspiracy | agreement between two or more people to commit a crime |
| Accomplice | an accessory before the fact |
| Perjury | lying under oath |
| Obstruction of justice | interference with the orderly administration of law and justice Two examples are jury tampering and witness tampering |
| Bribery | when a person gives something of value to a public official with the intention of influencing that official |
| Hacking | electronically breaking into computer systems. |
