| arson | The willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, any dwelling, other building, vehicle, or personal property.
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| assault | An intentional attempt or threat to physically injure another.
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| assault and battery | An assault carried into effect by doing some violence to the victim.
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| breaking and entering | The forcible entry into a building or structure, with the intent to commit a crime therein.
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| Carrier's Case (79) | Legal ruling whereby a person in possession of another's packaged goods, who opens the package and misappropriates its contents, is guilty of larceny.
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| deliberation | The full and conscious knowledge of the purpose to kill.
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| domestic violence | Activities of a physically aggressive nature occurring among members of the family, current or former spouses or lovers, live-ins, and others in close relationships, resulting from conflicts in personal relations.
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| felony-murder doctrine | Principle maintaining that if a death occurs during commission of a felony, the person committing the primary offense can also be charged with murder in the first degree.
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| hate crime | Offenses motivated by hatred against a victim because of his or her race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, handicap, or national origin.
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| homicide | The killing of one human being by another.
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| larceny | The taking and carrying away of the personal property of another, with the intent to deprive permanently.
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| Lawrence v. Texas | The Supreme Court ruling that the Texas statute making it a crime for two persons of the same sex to engage in certain intimate sexual acts violated the due process clause of the Constitution.
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| malice aforethought | The intent to cause death or serious harm or to commit any felony whatsoever.
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| manslaughter | The unlawful killing of another, without malice.
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| murder | The felonious killing of another human being with malice aforethought.
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| organized crime | Business activities directed toward economic gain through unlawful means.
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| Pear's Case | Legal ruling whereby a person who has legal control of another's property and converts that property so as to deprive the owner of his possessory rights is guilty of larceny.
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| premeditation | A design or conscious decision to do something before it is actually done.
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| rape | The unlawful carnal knowledge of a female without her consent and against her will.
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| robbery | The felonious taking of the money or goods of another, from his or her person or in his or her presence and against the individual's will, through the use or threat of force and violence.
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| theft | The unlawful taking, possession, or use of another's property, without the use or threat of force, and with the intent to deprive permanently.
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| white-collar crime | Offenses committed by persons acting in their legitimate occupational roles.
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