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  The Elements of a Crime Learning Objective 4: Delineate the elements required to establish mens rea (a guilty mental state). A. General Requirements i. Criminal law requires that the corpus delicti, “the body of the crime” be proved before a person can be convicted of a wrongdoing ii. Corpus delicti can be defined as […]

The Purposes of Criminal Law Learning Objective 2: Explain the two basic functions of criminal law. A. Protect and Punish: The Legal Function of the Law i. Primary function is to maintain social order by protecting citizens from criminal harm a. Harms to individual citizens’ physical safety and property b. Harms to society’s collective interests

INSIDE CRIMINAL LAW Learning Objectives After reading this chapter, students should: 1. List the four written sources of American criminal law. 2. Explain the two basic functions of criminal law. 3. Discuss the primary goals of civil law and criminal law and explain how these goals are realized. 4. Delineate the elements required to establish

Crime Trends Learning Objective 3: Distinguish between the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and self-reported surveys. Learning Objective 4: Discuss the prevailing explanation for the rising number of women being incarcerated in the United States. i. The UCR, NCVS, and other statistical measures represent only the tip of the iceberg of crime data ii. Since

Measuring Crime in the United States Learning Objective 2: Identify the publication in which the FBI reports crime data, and list the two main ways in which the data are reported. A. The Uniform Crime Report i. Uniform Crime Report (UCR) released each year since its inception in 1930 as an attempt to measure the

Class Discussion/Activity Ask students to discuss the differences between burglary and robbery as well as between assault and battery. ii. Property Crime a. Most common form of criminal activity, during which the goal of the offender is some form of economic gain or damaging of the property b. Four general categories 1. Larceny / Theft

  MEASURING AND EXPLAINING CRIME Learning Objectives After reading this chapter, students should: 1. Identify the six different main categories of crime. 2. Identify the publication in which the FBI reports crime data, and list the two main ways in which the data are reported. 3. Distinguish between the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and

Crime is defined as Lecture Notes In Chapter 1, students are introduced to the concept of crime. Crime is defined as an act that violates criminal law and is punishable by criminal sanctions. In modern times, crime is considered an offense against society, and alleged criminals are prosecuted by the state rather than by victims.

Incarceration and Race a. African Americans make up only 13 percent of the general population in the United Sates, but the number of black men in state and federal prisons is significantly larger than the number of white men b. Hispanic inmates’ ratio has increased dramatically over the past decade. E. The Social Media Revolution

Class Discussion/Activity Discuss how the Tsarnaev brothers fit the profile of domestic terrorists.   C. The Emergence of Victims’ Rights 1. Advocacy for Victims’ Rights a. Began in the 1970’s b. Previously victims had no rights i. Victims were forced to deal with physical, emotional, and financial consequences of crime by themselves 2. Legislative Efforts