Criminal Law and Rights of Defendants Class 1. Administrative Give Quiz Return remaining journals...

Criminal Law and Rights of Defendants

Class 1

Administrative

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Return remaining journals and paper proposals

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Review – Crime Victims

Differences in victimization by race, age, gender, location, etc.

Victim precipitation Costs of crime to victims and to society Victim Rights Movement

Today

I. When is an Act a Crime?

II. Seriousness of Crimes

III. When is an Offender not Responsible for the Crime?

I. When is an Act a Crime?

Prohibited by Criminal Law

Actus Reus

Mens Rea

I. When is an Act a Crime?

Concurrence

Causation

Harm

II. Seriousness of Crimes

Felonies

Misdemeanors

Violations

Examples of each?

III. When is an Offender not Responsible for the Crime?

Self Defense

Entrapment

Mistakes and Accidents

Duress

III. When is an Offender not Responsible for the Crime?

Necessity

Insanity

Developmental Disability

Age

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Rights of Suspects and Defendants

Criminal Law and Rights of Defendants

Class 2

Administrative

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Registration and group advising

Review

When is an Act a Crime?

When is an Offender not Responsible for the Crime?

Today

I. Basic Constitutional Rights of Criminal Suspects and Defendants

II. Supreme Court Decisions and Rights of Suspects and Defendants

III. Impact of these Rights

I. Basic Constitutional Rights of Criminal Suspects and Defendants

Due Process of Law

Habeas Corpus

Probable Cause and Protection from Unreasonable Search and Seizure

Double Jeopardy

I. Basic Constitutional Rights of Criminal Suspects and Defendants

Self-Incrimination

Speedy and Public Trial

Trial by Jury

I. Basic Constitutional Rights of Criminal Suspects and Defendants

Right to be notified of charges and to confront witnesses

Right to Counsel

Excessive Bail

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

II. Supreme Court Decisions and Rights of Suspects and Defendants

The Exclusionary Rule

What are the alternatives?

II. Supreme Court Decisions and Rights of Suspects and Defendants

Miranda Rule

Law Enforcement Can Lie to Suspects

Use of Deadly Force

III. Impact of these Rights

If none of them existed?

Little evidence that they result in significantly more crime, especially serious crime

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Discussion of the causes of criminal behavior