CJUS 400 Crimes Persons Property
CJUS 400 Quiz: Crimes Against Persons and Property
Module 5: Week 5 – Module 6: Week 6
- Susie is out at a night club she frequents and it is crowded. She feels the hands of another patron on her hip as he attempts to move past her. She asks the bouncer to detain the man as she dials 911. The police respond and when they arrive on the scene they arrest the man. The man in the bar may consider charging the bouncer and the bar with:
- Virtually any kind of physical contact can constitute a:
- Because kidnapping requires the victim to be moved “some distance” or a “substantial distance,” some states have created the crime of:
- A police officer’s defense to an assault and battery charge could be that the conduct was necessary and lawful:
- Susie is out at a night club she frequents and it is crowded. She feels the hands of another patron on her hip as he attempts to move past her. She asks the bouncer to detain the man as she dials 911. The police respond and when they arrive on the scene they arrest the man. The man’s attorney probably moved to have the charges dropped on the basis of:
- An individual who unlawfully restrains or detains another may be charged with:
- According to the US Department of Justice, ______ people become victims of violent crimes at work each year.
- An assault conviction requires acts intended to cause:
- Samantha went on a date with Chad, but the next morning realized she had no memory of much of the evening. She had only a few sips of the one drink she ordered, but her memory fades soon after. She’s suspicious and fears she may be a victim of a sexual assault. Samantha may have been a victim of:
- In ACLU v. Gonzales, a federal judge held that the Child Online Protection Act statute was unconstitutional because it:
- Which of the following statements is not true of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA)?
- Nude home photos of minor family members can result in prosecution and conviction:
- Most states divide sexual assault into:
- Sexual relations (nonmarital) does not become a crime in the United States if:
- Most statutes regarding the offense of sexual touching require the state to prove the touching was intentional, nonconsensual, and:
- ______ is not an example of video voyeurism and/or invasion of privacy.
- Upton takes blank stolen checks and goes to local stores with them. He begins purchasing big ticket items, such as a large screen TV, expensive jewelry, and even a washer and dryer machine for his mother, by pretending to be the person listed on the check. Before long, the authorities are knocking on Upton’s door and he is placed under arrest. When Upton signs the checks using someone else’s name, this is the crime of:
- Writing a bad check, or one that “bounces”:
- The Latin phrase nemo dat quod non habet means:
- Jasmine opens her monthly bank statement and is thrilled to find she has $10,000 more in her savings than she expected. Since it is late in the evening and past banking hours when she opened her mail, Jasmine does nothing to immediately rectify the error. The bank does not realize its mistake and Jasmine does nothing over the next couple of days. In certain states, Jasmine may be guilty of:
- Upton takes blank stolen checks and goes to local stores with them. He begins purchasing big ticket items, such as a large screen TV, expensive jewelry, and even a washer and dryer machine for his mother, by pretending to be the person listed on the check. Before long, the authorities are knocking on Upton’s door and he is placed under arrest. The police would have arrested Upton for putting into circulation a check known to be worthless, which is the crime of:
- The use of deceit or trickery to obtain profit or advantage is:
- _____ is putting into circulation a check known to be worthless.
- Which of the following is an example of a check-kiting scheme?
- ______ is not an example of theft from the person.
- Robbery differs from extortion in that extortion requires:
- Jason forcibly entered a building after business hours and proceeded to remove eight computers. He then sold these computers to Bill, who in turn sold them to Peggy. Peggy did not know the origin of the computers, but Bill did. The role played by Bill is that of a:
- The federal act dealing specifically with extortion is the:
- Home invasion does not require:
- ______ is a wrongful intrusion on the land or into the premises of another person.
- Purse snatching without force is a form of:
- John waits outside the bank for his next victim, in this case an elderly man who had just cashed his Social Security check. John hits the man with a club, and the man crumbles in a pile onto the ground. John quickly goes through the old man’s pockets and takes his money. Later, the man identifies John in a police line-up as his assailant. John was charged with aggravated robbery, because the use of the club against the victim constitutes the use of:
- ______ identity theft is the crime that occurs when an actual person’s identity is stolen.
- Insider trading includes a person called the:
- Theft, piracy, or counterfeiting of ideas, inventions, artistic works, and the like is:
- Linda decides she needs some furnishings for her room, but is currently out of work and out of cash. She’s maxed out on her credit cards, but in the mail a solicitation from a credit card company arrives, addressed to Linda’s roommate. Linda sees an opportunity and goes online to apply, posing as the roommate. Two weeks later, the new credit card arrives and off goes Linda to the stores. Because of Linda’s use of the credit card in her roommate’s name, she would be charged with:
- Any person who executes a scheme or artifice to defraud the United States in excess of $1,000,000 is guilty of:
- Insider trading includes using information acquired by an insider and:
- The economic cost of white collar crimes is:
- Linda decides she needs some furnishings for her room, but is currently out of work and out of cash. She’s maxed out on her credit cards, but in the mail a solicitation from a credit card company arrives, addressed to Linda’s roommate. Linda sees an opportunity and goes online to apply, posing as the roommate. Two weeks later, the new credit card arrives and off goes Linda to the stores. Linda argues that since the solicitation was for her roommate, then she could not have stolen her identity (and anyway, she meant to pay her back). The police ignore Linda and charge her with the use of ____ for each time she signed a sale’s slip.
- Define the following Common law crimes: Assault , Battery, False Imprisonment, and Kidnapping. Discuss Norman’s and Steve’s, Tim’s and Billy Bob’s possible criminal liability or not, in light of “all” those crimes at common law.
- Define the following Common law crimes: Theft , Robbery, Embezzlement,
and Discuss Tom’s and Hilda’s, Rob’s and Dan’s possible criminal liability or not, in light of “all” those crimes at common law.