Learning Outcomes

• Define and operationalize crime in the United States
• Classify offenses and articulate penalties for various crimes.
• Identify and describe culpable mental states when assigning criminal responsibility.

Tasks

1. Review the Lectures and Key Terms for**
   • Sources of the Criminal Law (Sec 3.1)
   • Substantive Criminal Law (Sec 3.2)
   • Elements of Crimes (Sec 3.3)
   • Substantive Offenses (Sec 3.5)
2. Complete the BlackBoard Quizzes for lectures and Key Terms Sec 3.1 – 3.3 & 3.5
3. Read Crime, Criminal Justice, and Criminology (1.12 – 1.13)*
   • 1.12. Street Crime, Corporate Crime, and White-Collar Crime
   • 1.13. Different Types of Crimes and Offenses
4. Read: Criminal Law (3.2 – 3.4;3.6&3.12)*
   • 3.1. Functions and Limitations of Law; 
   • 3.2. Civil, Criminal, and Moral Wrongs; 
   • 3.3. Sources of Criminal Law: Federal and State Constitutions; 
   • 3.4. Sources of Criminal Law: Statutes, Ordinances, and Other Legislative Enactments
   • 3.6 Classifications of Law
   • 3.12 Procedural Law
5. Complete the Criminal Law Critical Thinking Questions Exercise (Questions # 1, #2 & #3)*
6. Review the Introduction to Criminal Law Summary***
7. Complete the You be the Lawyer Exercise***

Sources:

*Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System: Open Oregon Educational Resources

**Criminal Justice: An Overview of the System: Adam McKee

***Criminal Law by University of Minnesota textbook – Includes Key takeaways, exercises and references.