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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
  1. Substantive criminal law Issues and their procedural context
  2. Crimes against property
  3. Crimes against the habitation
  4. Defenses of self and related matters
  5. Defenses relating to capacity
  6. General principles of criminal liability: mens rea, the state of mind
  7. General principles of criminal liability: causation
  8. General principles of criminal liability: complicity
  9. General principles of criminal liability: introduction
  10. General principles of criminal liability: the requirement of action
  11. Homicide: grading the criminal causation of death
  12. Mistakes and defenses in general
  13. Other crimes against the person
  14. Other defenses
  15. Rape and related sex offenses
  16. The inchoate crimes, crimes against public order and morals

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. Describe the general principle of criminal liability
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of the nature of criminal laws
  3. Apply criminal laws using case analysis
  4. 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
  5. Discuss legal issues

Competency 1 (1-6)
None
Competency 2 (7-10)
None


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