1. Chapter 4 Criminal Law and Procedure
4-2 Criminal Procedure

2. 4-1 Criminal law
GOALS
Understand the three elements that make up a criminal act
Classify crimes according to the severity of their potential sentences
Identify the types of crimes that affect business

3. Crime: punishable offense against society
Efforts of finding a prosecuting are aimed toward protecting society, not necessarily the victim
Well crafted criminal statutes
Defines behavior that it prohibits
Does not interfere with protected individual rights

4. CRIMES AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
Elements of criminal acts that must be proven by prosecutors
Duty
Violation of duty
Criminal intent
Whether one had a duty imposed by criminal statute to do or not to do a certain thing
Whether one performed an act or omission in violation of that duty
Breach of duty: specific conduct of the defendant that violates the statute—this is the criminal act
Battery: the intentional causing of bodily harm to another person
Whether or not one had criminal intent in so doing
Means that the defendant intended to commit the specific act or omission

5. CHECKPOINT:
What three elements must be proven at trial before someone can be convicted of a crime?

6. CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMES
Felony
Punishable by more than one year in prison, a fine of more than $1,000, or both
Misdemeanor
Less serious offense
Punishable by less than one year in prison (usually served in county jail) or under $1,000 in fines

7. CHECKPOINT
Name the two categories of crimes classified by the severity of their potential sentences.

8. BUSINESS RELATED CRIMES
Larceny
Computer Crime
Receiving stolen property
False Pretenses
Forgery
Bribery
Extortion
Conspiracy
arson
Business related crimes are usually referred to as white collar crimes.
Generlly do not involve force or violence; do not cause physical injury to people or physical damage to property.
Read What’s Your Verdict?
Guilty of violating anti-trust laws, specifically collusion.
Larceny: wrongful taking of money or personal property belonging to someone else with intent to deprive the owner of it.
Robbery: the forcible taking of property from another person
Burglary: Entering a building without permission when intending to commit a crime
Forgery: falsely makingor materially altering a writing in order to defraud another person.
Bribery: unlawfully offering or giving anything of value to influence performance of an official in the carrying out of hisher public or legal duties
Extortion: aka as blackmail. Obtaining money or other property from a person by wrongful use of force, fear, or the power of office.
Conspiracy: an agreement between two or more people to commit a crime

9. CHECKPOINT
Name and explain three types of business- related crimes