|
Dec 26, 2024
|
|
|
|
CJS 2089 - Criminal Law Credits: 3 Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab None Course Description: This course offers students a foundation in the interpretation of criminal law. Examples of criminal cases will be used to illustrate and analyze the essence and interpretation of criminal law. Sociological theory and methods will be used to study the substantive nature and historical development of criminal law and its role in shaping society. MnTC Goals None
Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950 with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940 with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950 with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090 with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051 with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052 with a grade of C or higher. Corequisite(s): None Recommendation: Fifteen college credits prior to enrollment in this course. Any course in Criminal Justice Sciences should be among these credits.
Major Content
- Substantive criminal law Issues and their procedural context
- Crimes against property
- Crimes against the habitation
- Defenses of self and related matters
- Defenses relating to capacity
- General principles of criminal liability: mens rea, the state of mind
- General principles of criminal liability: causation
- General principles of criminal liability: complicity
- General principles of criminal liability: introduction
- General principles of criminal liability: the requirement of action
- Homicide: grading the criminal causation of death
- Mistakes and defenses in general
- Other crimes against the person
- Other defenses
- Rape and related sex offenses
- The inchoate crimes, crimes against public order and morals
Learning Outcomes At the end of this course students will be able to:
- Describe the general principle of criminal liability
- Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of criminal laws
- Apply criminal laws using case analysis
- Interpret the difference between individual rights and public order with relation to the procedural criminal law and the challenges that emerge from these differences to achieve justice
- Discuss legal issues
Competency 1 (1-6) None Competency 2 (7-10) None Courses and Registration
Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)
|
|