QUIZ 1 - Business crimes

Question 1

define crime

Answer 1

an offense against the public at large.

breach of legal duty

Question 2

what are criminal acts defined by

Answer 2

statute

Question 3

criminal law

Answer 3

violation of public order.
rights and duties individuals owe to society and wrongs against society as a whole
against public, society, or state.

Question 4

criminal law must be

Answer 4

beyond a reasonable doubt (with no doubt)

Question 5

what is the purpose of criminal law

Answer 5

punish wrongdoers

deter similar future conduct

Question 6

civil law

Answer 6

establishes rights and responsibilities with respect to relationships between private indi. and the government
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE (more likely than not)
injury to individual / other private party

Question 7

purpose of civil law

Answer 7

provide a remedy or relief for an unfairly unjured party. usually in form of monetary damages

Question 8

felonies

Answer 8

serious crimes which are punishable by death or prison for more than one eyar

Question 9

misdemeanors

Answer 9

non - serious / petty crimes that are punishable by jail for less than one year and or fines

Question 10

types of business crimes

Answer 10

ME BFF
money laundering
economic crimes (embellzment and filing fake financials)

bribery
FCPA
fraud

Question 11

defenses of business crimes

Answer 11

duress, insanity, mistake of fact, mistake of law, entrapment

Question 12

define assault

Answer 12

reasonable apprehension or fear of immediate contact

Question 13

define battery

Answer 13

completion / contact of the assault

Question 14

defenses of assault and battery

Answer 14

consent, self defense, defense of property

Question 15

define statue

Answer 15

the laws that congress creates

Question 16

one crime cannot be both a _____ but can trigger____

Answer 16

cannot be a felony and misdemeanor

can be both a felony and misdemeanor

Question 17

what are the 2 requirements for crimes

Answer 17

mens rea

actus rea

Question 18

mens rea

Answer 18

criminal intent.
state of mine when committing the crime
intent? guilty mind?

Question 19

actus rea

Answer 19

refers to specific acts that the defendant performs

Question 20

what is the exception to 2 requirements for crimes

Answer 20

strict liability crimes.

hold a defendant responsible / guilty based on the act alone.

Question 21

define fraud

Answer 21

knowing misrepresentation of the truth / concealment of facts (IMPORTANT TO A DECISION) that causes others to act a way that is harmful to them.

Question 22

define economic crimes

Answer 22

crimes committed by employees for personal gain without enhancement to the company.
ex. embezzlement
OR
crimes committed by employees for the profit of the company

Question 23

define duress

Answer 23

something compells on individual to act contrary to their better judgment.
threat of harm made them do it.
((( takes down mens rea))))

Question 24

define mistake of fact

Answer 24

defendant asserts that they acted from an innocent misunderstanding of fact. not criminal intent

Question 25

define entrapment

Answer 25

defendant says that a law enforcement officer made them do the crime - persuasion