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Please…. Place your permission slip in the basket if you have it today Due tomorrow! Log into Moodle and complete today’s Bell Ringer When you finish…download today’s notes. AGENDA : 1:30-1:45: Bell Ringer Discussion 1:45 – 2:00: Notes on the 3 Elements of a Crime
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Please… • Place your permission slip in the basket if you have it today • Due tomorrow! • Log into Moodle and complete today’s Bell Ringer • When you finish…download today’s notes AGENDA: 1:30-1:45: Bell Ringer Discussion 1:45 – 2:00: Notes on the 3 Elements of a Crime 2:00 – 2:15: Elements of a Crime Exercise on Moodle Homework: Vocabulary #1 Worksheet OUTCOMES: • List the 3 Elements of a crime • List several ways to classify a particular crime
Albert Fish • Molested over 100 children • Murdered at least 4 of them • Murdered several adults where he cut them into pieces and admits to eating their ears and nose
Is this a crime? • A woman was shopping in the local grocery store with her four-year-old daughter. When the mother wasn’t looking, the child put $10 worth of candy in the mother’s purse. When they left the store, the mother was arrested for shoplifting • Did she commit a crime? • Did the daughter commit a crime?
Elements of a crime… • A duty to do (or not to do) a certain thing • An act or omission in violation of that duty • Criminal intent
Elements of a crime… 1. A duty to do (or not to do) a certain thing: • The duty is usually described by state statutes that prohibit certain conduct • To establish the duty in a trial, the prosecutor would simply cite a statute to the judge
Elements of a crime… 2. An act or omission in violation of that duty : • The breach of the duty is the criminal act (the specific conduct that violates the statute 3. Criminal Intent: • General means that the defendant • Intended to commit the act • Intended to do evil • Basketball player example
2 Types of Crimes 1. Felony • A very serious crime punishable either by confinement for more than one year in a state prison or by execution. 2. Misdemeanor • A less serious crime • Usually is punishable by: • Confinement in a county or city jail for less than a year • Fine • Both confinement and fine • Infractions: lesser demeanors that can only be fined • Not entitled to a jury trial (because they can only be fined)
Classifications: • Please look at page 88 in your book • In your notes, please list the 7 classifications for crimes, giving at least 2 examples for each
Please… • Go back to the article you found as your Bell Ringer • Please complete the journal titled “Elements of a Crime Exercise” in Moodle
Announcements: • Homework: • Vocabulary Sheet #1 • Due tomorrow • Courthouse Permission Slip due tomorrow!