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Cloud Computing Services, Inc., suffers a security breach in its computer network. Before the company discovers the breach, the perpetrator obtains a large amount of confidential data, including corporate financial records, marketing plans, and other sensitive information. Has a crime been committed? If so, what are its elements? What steps might Cloud take to ensure that going forward only authorized users access the data on its computers? Whose efforts-those of the federal government or Cloud-are more important in securing the company's computer infrastructure, and why?

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The breach of Cloud's computer network a...

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In a criminal case, the state must prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

A) True
B) False

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Zoey is accused of auto theft. She refuses to give information related to her alleged criminal activities because she suspects it will be used to prosecute her. This is


A) a mistake of fact.
B) entrapment.
C) the privilege against self-incrimination.
D) ignorance of the law.

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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The attempt to influence a public official to act in a way that serves a private interest is no crime.

A) True
B) False

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Traditionally, the hundreds of thousands of acts defined as criminal in federal, state, and local laws have been grouped into broad categories, including


A) private crime.
B) public crime.
C) property crime.
D) personal crime.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Bud works at a Cheap Stuff Store from which, without authorization, he takes merchandise that he has not paid for home for his own use. This is


A) robbery.
B) embezzlement.
C) larceny.
D) no crime.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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One of the purposes of criminal law is to compensate the victims.

A) True
B) False

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The Fourth Amendment protects only against searches that violate a person's reasonable expectation of privacy.

A) True
B) False

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A corporation can refuse to produce business records that might subject the firm to criminal prosecution.

A) True
B) False

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Quint, an employee of Reservations Inc. pays Siena, an employee of Reservations' competitor Travel Inc., for a list of Travel's clients. This is most likely


A) bribery of a public official.
B) commercial bribery.
C) bribery of a foreign official.
D) no crime.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Franny is charged with a crime. Almost all federal courts and some state courts would not hold Franny liable if, at the time of the offense, as a result of a mental disease or defect, she lacked substantial capacity to obey the law and to appreciate


A) the power of the police.
B) the authority of the court.
C) the wrongfulness of her conduct.
D) the fruits of his crime.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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All courts use the same test for legal insanity.

A) True
B) False

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