CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY 1.03 Activity 5

Write their names of the crimes against property described on the lines provided. Points given per item are 10 or a maximum grade of 100.

  1. A person who accepts stolen property, knowing it is “hot,” and who has no intention of returning it to the rightful owner is guilty of the crime known as ______stolen property.
  1. Maliciously setting fire to another person’s home or building constitutes the crime of ______.
  1. The term ______refers to the crime of taking property from someone by threat or force. If a weapon is used, the crime is referred to as armed ______. (Use the same word in both blanks.)
  1. The term ______refers to the crime of taking someone’s property without the use of force but with the intention of never returning it. It includes taking lost property, such as a billfold found on the street containing a large sum of money and the owner’s identification.
  1. ______is the crime of taking property that has been entrusted to you, as in the case of a bank teller stealing money from the till.

6. ______is the act of stealing goods from a store, where the severity of the crime is determined by the value of the goods stolen.

  1. is the willful or malicious causing of damage to property
  1. Obtaining property under false ______may involve writing a bad check, misrepresenting an object or service being sold, or some other type of fraud.
  1. The breaking and entering of a house with the intention of stealing something constitutes the crime of ______.
  1. The crime that means “willful and malicious burning of the dwelling house of another or a building other than a dwelling” is ______.

WORD BANK:

arson
burglary
embezzlement
larceny
pretenses / receiving
robbery
robbery
shoplifting
vandalism

1.03-Activity 6

Multiple Choice: Choose the answer that best complete each statement. Circle the letter for your answer

1.When there is harmful or offensive touching of another, it is a

A. ConversionB. Actual harm

C. BatteryD. Damages

2.This a court is a court order that prevents a party from performing a specific act and may be temporary or permanent.

A. DefamationB. Court injunction

C. FraudD. Mediation

3.Is a tort that results when one person carelessly injures another. It is an accidental tort and requires no intent.

A. Punitive damagesB. Tort

C. Vicarious liabilityD. Negligence

4.The intentional confinement of a person against the person’s will and without the lawful ability to do so.

A. DefamationB. Damages

C. False ImprisonmentD. Conversion

5.Used as a defense whenever the defendant can show that the victim did something that helped cause his or her own injuries.

A. Comparative NegligenceB. Contributory Negligence

C. ConversionD. Causation

6.A defense raised when the plaintiff knew of the risk involved and still took the chance of being injured.

A. DutyB. Contributory Negligence

C. Comparative NegligenceD. Assumption of risk

7.The obligation to use a reasonable standard of care to prevent injury to others

A. Assumption of riskB. Conversion

C. DutyD. Damages

8.Occurs when one person intentionally puts another in reasonable fear of an offensive or harmful bodily contact

A. Actual HarmB. Assault

C. Punitive damagesD. Tort

9.Uninvited intrusion into a person’s personal relationships and activities

A. Proximate causeB. Invasion of privacy

C. Punitive damagesD. Fraud

10.Is a private wrong committed by one person against another

A. TortB. Negligence

C. DefamationD. Mediation

11.Is a payment recovered in court by a person who has suffered an injury

A. DutyB. Conversion

C. BreachD. Damages

12.When property is stolen, destroyed or used in a manner that is inconsistent with an owner’s rights

A. ConversionB. Causation

C. DefamationD. Assault

13. A defense that is raised when the carelessness of each party compared to the other party’s carelessness

A. MediationB. Negligence

C. Comparative NegligenceD. Breach

14.Giving the power to settle their dispute to a third party

A. DutyB. Arbitration

C. Vicarious LiabilityD. Tort

15.When one person is liable for the torts of another

A. TortB. Vicarious Liability

C. FraudD. Negligence

1.03-Activity 7

Read the U. S. Supreme Court cases, research using the internet and then give your response to the questions.

Case Law on Privacy

1.Alaska vs Smith-1973 and California v GREENWOOD and VAN HOUTEN

The Alaska Supreme Court recognized that almost every human activity ultimately manifests itself in waste products and ... any individual may understandably wish to maintain the confidentiality of his refuse.

When garbage is placed in a dumpster located outside an apartment building that accommodates garbage from the other apartments, the owner should not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in his/her discarded garbage. The dumpster in this case was located in the parking area outside the building and was routinely collected by the municipality. It was also in "plain view" of the officers. The evidence seized from the garbage was properly cited in the affidavit in support of a search warrant for the defendant's residence.

Do you have an expectation of privacy when you place your garbage out on the curb or in this case a dumpster? Why or why not?

A:

2.United States vs Jones, 2012

The key holding in Jones is a big enough deal. Investigators had applied for a search warrant to attach a GPS tracking device to Jones’s car that would let them track its location 24/7. The warrant they received was good for 10 days, but for some reason they didn’t get around to attaching the device until the warrant had expired. Despite the absence of a warrant, they nonetheless tracked his movements for 28 days.
The investigators discovered information that led to Jones’s arrest on drug charges, but when the case went to District Court, his lawyers moved to suppress the GPS information because they argued it was the product of an illegal, warrantless search. Jones was later convicted of the drug charges and appealed his case ultimately to the Supreme Court.

Can police attach a GPS tracker to your car, or is that an invasion of your privacy? Why or why not?

A:

1.03-Activity 8

Critical Thinking

1. You know that your car’s brakes have been giving you problems. As you are driving home from school your brakes completely fail and slow down until you come to a stop. Your brakes start working again and you decide it will be okay to keep driving the car since you do not drive that fast. Could you be held as liable for negligence in having the brakes repaired? Why or why not?

A:

2.You are the union representative for your shop. You and other union personnel have been trying to negotiate a new contract for your workers. However things are at a stalemate. Both your union and the company you work for decide that you would be willing to have someone else or another party. What are the terms used in this process? What are the advantages or disadvantages?

A.