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CJA 354 Entire Course CJA 354 Week 1 DQ 1 CJA 354 Week 1 Individual Assignment Criminal Law Paper CJA 354 Week 1 DQ 1 CJA 354 Week 1 DQ 2 CJA 354 Week 1 DQ 3 CJA 354 Week 2 Individual Assignment Criminal Defense Case Analysis To learn more about civil law and criminal law characteristics, you will do the following: Prepare a table or chart with two columns. Label one column civil law and the other, criminal law.

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CJA 354 Week 1 DQ 2 CJA 354 Week 1 DQ 3 Please post responses to the following: Define criminal liability. Does it work? Explain. How does criminal liability affect the criminal justice system?  What is the relationship between “fair” and “law”?  Does one influence the other?  Does public opinion play a role in how the courts (especially the Supreme Court of the U.S.) interpret the law?  Does this information help you predict how the law may or may not change?

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CJA 354 Week 2 DQ 1 CJA 354 Week 1 Individual Assignment What interested you about this case? ·         What are the sources, purposes, and jurisdictions of the criminal law related to this case?  ·         What is accomplice liability and criminal liability? How does it relate to the case? Research the Andrea Yates case, in which a mother suffering from postpartum depression (PPD) killed her five children.  Do you feel that PPD should be a defense to murder or manslaughter? Explain. Do you think Ms. Yates received a fair sentence? Explain.

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CJA 354 Week 2 DQ 2 CJA 354 Week 2 Individual Assignment Criminal Explanation of the nature and types of defenses used in each case and what evidence was used to support each defense. ·         Description of how justification and excuse play a role in each case. ·         Description of the outcome of each case. Review the concept of syndrome-based defense enhancements; Discuss whether a syndrome should be considered an excuse, a justification, or an explanation; and Discuss whether syndromes can best be seen as (1) potentially negating mens rea, (2) widening traditional defenses, or (3) a way of justifying behavior classes or groups of people.

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CJA 354 Week 2 Individual Assignment CJA 354 Week 2 Team Assignment Insanity Does your team believe the defendant is competent to stand trial? Why or why not? ·         What is required in your state for an insanity defense? ·         What steps must be taken to prove insanity? Complete the University Material: Week Two Worksheet. Be sure to include your name on the worksheet.

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CJA 354 Week 3 DQ 1 CJA 354 Week 3 DQ 2 Based on the definition of statutory rape, respond to the following questions: What distinctions can be made between rape and statutory rape? Should the distinctions exist? Explain your response. Why have many states changed the offense of statutory rape to criminal sexual conduct?  1) Explain why Money Laundering is considered a white collar crime. (2) Should white collar crimes be more severely punished than blue collar crimes? (3) Should there be a distinction between white collar and blue collar crimes?

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CJA 354 Week 3 DQ 3 CJA 354 Week 3 Individual Assignment Personal For this assignment, you will choose from the following options: ·         Option 1: Personal Crimes Analysis Presentation ·         Option 2: Personal Crimes Analysis Matrix ·         Option 3: Personal Crimes Analysis Posterboard What is the definition of homicide? What distinctions can be made about different types of homicide? Compare and contrast the criteria for the types and how they affect the criminal justice system.

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CJA 354 Week 3 Individual Assignment CJA 354 Week 3 Team Assignment Prosecuting List the elements of each crime and facts that establish each element. Provide a specific law for each charge. List the state where the law is effective. Each team member’s state needs to be represented. Complete the University Material: Week Three Worksheet. Be sure to include your name on the worksheet.

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CJA 354 Week 4 DQ 1 CJA 354 Week 4 DQ 2 Morals offenses denote a category of unlawful conduct that was criminalized originally to protect the family and related social institutions. This category includes lewdness, indecency, sodomy, and other sex-related offenses, such as seduction, fornication, adultery, bigamy, pornography, obscenity, cohabitation, and prostitution. Please respond to the following questions: · How do public order crimes differ from other types of crime, as defined by the criminal justice system? · How can we improve the ways in which the criminal justice system helps to decrease the number of public order crimes? 

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CJA 354 Week 4 DQ 3 CJA 354 Week 4 Individual Assignment Anti Complete the University Material: Anti-Drug Legislation Matrix. Cite to at least two (2) academic resources. Cite to your text and/or your electronic readings. How do crimes against government affect the administration of justice? What distinctions can be made about crimes against administration or government and the concern of domestic terrorism? What is the relationship between federal and state anti-drug legislation and asset forfeiture? 

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CJA 354 Week 4 Individual Assignment CJA 354 Week 4 Team Assignment Sentencing Begin preparing Sentencing Proposal assignment, due in Week Five. Discuss sentencing arguments with your Learning Team, including desired outcomes and intermediate sanctions to propose. Complete the University Material: Week Four Worksheet. Be sure to include your name on the worksheet.

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CJA 354 Week 5 Individual Assignment Victims CJA 354 Week 5 Individual Assignment Complete the University Material: Week Five Worksheet. Be sure to include your name on the worksheet. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that describes roles and functions of individuals in the criminal justice system and how victimization affects each role. Evaluate the roles of prosecutor, defense attorney, criminal, and victim.

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CJA 354 Week 5 Team Assignment Sentencing Include the desired outcome of each punishment. Include alternative and intermediate sanctions. Include a 5- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentat ion with your proposal. Cite to at least two (2) academic resources.

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