The primary purpose of criminal law is to compensate a victim. 9. 10. Crimes and criminal punishment guidelines are specified in detailed criminal codes and statutes. 11. Because a corporation is not a natural person, it cannot be convicted of a crime. 12. Commission of the offense of grand larceny involves the theft of larger items as opposed to smaller items that can be hidden, for example, in a purse. 13. Under our criminal laws that exist today, white-collar crime is not punishable by imprisonment. 14. According to the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, all powers that the US Constitution neither gives exclusively to the federal government nor takes from the states are reserved for the states. 15. The term "police powers" references the powers granted to local government to enter residences without a search warrant. 16. Fighting words are protected speech under the First Amendment only if they are made in connection with a protest march. 17. A misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or death. 18. A Ponzi scheme is an investment swindle in which high profits are promised from fictitious sources and early investors are paid off with funds raised from later investors The primary purpose of criminal law is to compensate a victim. 9. 10. Crimes and criminal punishment guidelines are specified in detailed criminal codes and statutes. 11. Because a corporation is not a natural person, it cannot be convicted of a crime. 12. Commission of the offense of grand larceny involves the theft of larger items as opposed to smaller items that can be hidden, for example, in a purse. 13. Under our criminal laws that exist today, white-collar crime is not punishable by imprisonment 14. According to the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, all powers that the US Constitution neither gives exclusively to the federal government nor takes from the states are reserved for the states. 15. The term "police powers" references the powers granted to local government to enter residences without a search warrant. 16. Fighting words are protected speech under the First Amendment only if they are made in connection with a protest march. 17. A misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or death. 18. A Ponzi scheme is an investment swindle in which high profits are promised from fictitious sources and early investors are paid off with funds raised from later investors