Criminal Law Topics

Criminal Law Information

Fundamental Concepts in Criminal Law

• The Criminal Law
• The Common Law's Influence in Criminal Law
• Statutes and the Criminal Law
• Crime - Classification Basics
• Criminal Procedure Basics
• Juvenile Justice
• Criminal Trial
• Mistrial
• Model Penal Code (MPC)
• The Principle of Legality
• Pleading the Fifth
• The Miranda Rights

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Crime Classifications

• Felony
• Misdemeanor
• Infraction
• Crimes Against the Person
• Crime Against Property
• Crimes Mala In Se
• Crimes Mala Prohibita

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Punishment

• Punishment and the Criminal Law
• • Rehabilitation
  • Restraint
  • Individual Deterrence
  • General Deterrence
  • Retribution
• Punishment and the Balance of Purposes
• Punishment and the Principle of Equality
• Compensation as Punishment

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Criminal Liability

• Actus Reus, or Criminal Action
• • Voluntariness
  • Omission
• Mens Rea, or Criminal Intent
• • Intent, Specific & General
  • Transferred Intent
• Liability Without Fault
• • Strict Liability
  • Vicarious Liability
• Problems of Causation

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Criminal Defense

• Innocence in the Criminal Law
• The Presumption Of Innocence
• Beyond A Reasonable Doubt
• • Alibi
  • Actual Innocence
• Excuse, Justification, Exculpation
• • Duress
  • Necessity
  • Self Defense
  • Insanity
  • Diminished Capacity
  • Infancy
  • Automatism
  • Intoxication
  • Consent
  • Mistake Of Fact
• Procedural Defenses
• • Entrapment

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Criminology Classifications

• White-Collar Crime
• Blue-Collar Crime
• Corporate Crime
• State Crime
• State-Corporate Crime
• Political Crime
• Computer Crime (E-Crime)
• Hate Crime
• Organized Crime
• Victimless or Consensual Crime