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Nature of Crime.  Give quiz 2  Return quiz 1 at the end of class  Any questions about assignments  Athletes  Supreme Court Cases I’ll cover in class.

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1 Nature of Crime

2  Give quiz 2  Return quiz 1 at the end of class  Any questions about assignments  Athletes  Supreme Court Cases I’ll cover in class

3 Elements of the Criminal Justice System Goals of the Criminal Justice System Success (or lack of success) in meeting those goals

4 I. What is crime? II. Different types of crime III. Why does crime occur? IV. Information about crime?

5  What makes an act a crime?  From a social science perspective, how do we determine what is a crime?  Distinction made by Albanese (and others) ◦ Mala in se ◦ Mala prohibita

6  Really too many to mention but there are major categories  Crimes against persons – examples  Crimes against property – examples  Crimes against public order - examples

7  Why doesn’t everyone just obey the law?  Why don’t you just obey the law? ◦ Why do you violate the laws that you violate? ◦ Is it okay that you violate the law? ◦ Is it okay that others violate the law? ◦ How do we decide which laws to obey and which to violate? ◦ Is it okay to have everyone make that decision for themselves?  Is there a better way to deal with law and obedience to law?

8  Where do we get our data about crime?  Uniform Crime Reports  National Crime Victimization Survey  Other Sources?  Strengths and Weaknesses of each?

9  Begin unit on the criminal law and how it relates to the criminal justice process


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