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Criminal Law | |
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Introduction to the Legal System of the United States | |
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Federalism | |
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Separation of Powers | |
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The Structure of the Court System | |
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Duties and Powers of the Judicial Branch | |
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Comparing Civil Law and Criminal Law | |
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The Authority of Government to Regulate Behavior | |
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The Purposes of Punishing Criminal Law Violators | |
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Specific and General Deterrence | |
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Incapacitation | |
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Rehabilitation | |
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Retribution | |
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Web Links | |
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Key Terms | |
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Review Questions | |
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Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises | |
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End Notes | |
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Introduction to Criminal Law | |
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The Distinction between Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure | |
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Sources of Criminal Law | |
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The Common Law | |
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Statutory Law | |
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Ordinances | |
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Administrative Law | |
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Court Rules | |
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The Model Penal Code | |
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Constitutional Law | |
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Web Links | |
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Key Terms | |
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Review Questions | |
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Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises | |
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End Notes | |
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The Two Essential Elements | |
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Mens Rea | |
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Mens Rea and the Common Law | |
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Strict Liability | |
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Vicarious Liability | |
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Current Approaches to Mens Rea | |
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Proving Mens Rea | |
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Motive | |
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Actus Reus | |
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Voluntariness | |
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Thoughts and Statements as Acts | |
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Personal Status as an Act | |
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Possession as an Act | |
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Omissions as Acts | |
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Causation | |
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Web Links | |
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Key Terms | |
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Review Questions | |
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Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises | |
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End Notes | |
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Crimes Against the Person | |
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Studying Crimes | |
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Homicide | |
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Homicide and the Common Law | |
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Statutory Approaches to Homicide | |
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Manslaughter | |
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The Model Penal Code Approach to Homicide | |
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Life, Death, and Homicide | |
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Suicide | |
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Corpus Delicti | |
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Assault and Battery | |
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Aggravated Assault and Battery | |
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Mayhem | |
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Sex Crimes | |
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Rape | |
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Nonforcible Rape | |
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Sodomy | |
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Rape Shield Laws | |
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Incest | |
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Sex Offenses Against Children | |
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Megan's Laws, Commitment, and Castration | |
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Kidnapping and False Imprisonment | |
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Kidnapping | |
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Parental Kidnapping | |
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False Imprisonment | |
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Stalking | |
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Civil Rights and Hate Crimes | |
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Web Links | |
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Key Terms | |
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Review Questions | |
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Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises | |
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End Notes | |
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Crimes Against Property and Habitation | |
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Arson | |
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Burglary | |
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Theft Crimes | |
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Introduction to Theft Crimes | |
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Larceny | |
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Embezzlement | |
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False Pretenses | |
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Receiving Stolen Property | |
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Robbery | |
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Extortion | |
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Consolidated Theft Statutes | |
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Identity Theft | |
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The Model Penal Code Consolidation | |
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Destruction of Property | |
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Computer Crimes | |
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Web Links | |
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Key Terms | |
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Review Questions | |
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Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises | |
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End Notes | |
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Crimes Against the Public | |
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Defining a “Crime Against the Public“ | |
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Crimes Against Public Morality | |
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Prostitution and Solicitation | |
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Deviate Sexual Conduct | |
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Indecent Exposure and Lewdness | |
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Obscenity | |
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Regulating the Internet | |
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Crimes Against the Public Order | |
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Riot and Unlawful Assembly | |
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Disturbing the Peace | |
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Incitement/Advocacy of Unlawful Conduct | |
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Threats | |
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Vagrancy and Panhandling | |
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Crimes Involving Firearms | |
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Drug and Alcohol Crimes | |
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Crimes Against the Administration of Government | |
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Perjury | |
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Bribery | |
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Tax Crimes | |
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Obstruction of Justice | |
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Contempt | |
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Crimes Against Sovereignty and Security | |
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Treason | |
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Sedition and Espionage | |
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Terrorism | |
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Crimes Against the Environment | |
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Clean Water Act | |
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Clean Air Act | |
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act | |
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | |
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Occupational Safety and Health Act | |
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Toxic Substances Control Act | |
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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act | |
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Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act | |
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Endangered Species Act | |
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Marine Mammal Protection Act | |
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Web Links | |
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Key Terms | |
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Review Questions | |
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Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises | |
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End Notes | |
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Parties and Inchoate Offenses | |
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Parties to Crimes | |
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Inchoate Crimes | |
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Attempt | |
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Conspiracy | |
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Solicitation | |
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Web Links | |
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Key Terms | |
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Review Questions | |
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Problems & Critical Thinking Exercises | |
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End Notes | |
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Factual and Statutory Defenses | |
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“Defense“ Defined | |
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Affirmative Defenses | |
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Insanity | |
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M'Naghten | |
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Irresistible Impulse | |
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Durham | |
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The Model Penal Code Test | |
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Guilty But Mentally Ill | |
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Procedures of the Insanity Defense | |
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Disposition of the Criminally Insane | |
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Insanity at the Time of Trial | |
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Duress and Necessity | |
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Use-of-Force Defenses | |
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Self-Defense | |
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Defense of Others | |
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Defense of Property and Habitation | |
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