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CJA 354 Week 1 Individual Assignment Criminal Law Pap
er
CJA 354 Week 1 DQ 1
CJA 354 Week 1 DQ 2
CJA 354 Week 1 DQ 3
CJA 354 Week 2 Individual Assignment Criminal Defense
Case Analysis
CJA 354 Week 2 Individual Assignment Worksheet
CJA 354 Week 2 Team Assignment Insanity Defense Pap
er

CJA 354 Week 1 DQ 1

To learn more about civil law and criminal law character
istics, you will do the following:
Prepare a table or chart with two columns.
Label one column civil law and the other, criminal l
aw.
Complete the chart with appropriate comparison
of the differences between civil and criminal law. You m
ay include similarities, too.
Post to the Main Forum.

CJA 354 Week 1 DQ 2

Please post responses to the following:
Define criminal liability. Does it work? Explain.
How does criminal liability affect the criminal justice sy
stem?

CJA 354 Week 1 DQ 3

What is the relationship between fair and law? Does
one influence the other? Does public opinion play a rol
e in how the courts (especially the Supreme Court of th
e U.S.) interpret the law? Does this information help yo
u predict how the law may or may not change?

CJA 354 Week 1 Individual As

signment Criminal Law Paper
Locate a recent criminal Supreme Court case you find i
nteresting. Provide a brief summary and properly cite t
he case.
Write a 700- to 1,400-word paper in which you answer t
he following questions:
What interested you about this case?
What are the sources, purposes, and jurisdictions of the
criminal law related to this case?
What is accomplice liability and criminal liability? How d
oes it relate to the case?
What is the difference between the various elements of
crime

CJA 354 Week 2 DQ 1

Research the Andrea Yates case, in which a mother suff
ering from postpartum depression (PPD) killed her five
children.
Do you feel that PPD should be a defense to murder or
manslaughter? Explain.
Do you think Ms. Yates received a fair sentence? Explai
n.

2. Research the prosecution of Jared Loughner for the s
hooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona.

CJA 354 Week 2 DQ 2

According to Schmalleger, Hall, and Dolatowski (2010), a
syndrome is a complex of signs and symptoms present
ing a clinical picture of a disease or disorder. They also
define a syndrome-based defense as a defense predica
ted on, or substantially enhanced by, the acceptability o
f syndrome-related claims. Use the foregoing definition
s to respond to

CJA 354 Week 2 Individual As

signment Criminal Defense C
ase Analysis

Locate two cases that discuss various types of criminal

defenses.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word case analysis in which you i
dentify and examine the types of criminal defenses use
d in each case that include the following:
Explanation of the nature and types of defenses used in
each case and what evidence was used to support each
defense.
Description of how justification and excuse play a role i
n each case.

CJA 354 Week 2 Individual As

signment Worksheet
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Week Two
Worksheet.
Be sure to include your name on the worksheet.

CJA 354 Week 2 Team Assign

ment Insanity Defense Paper
Resource: University of Phoenix Material: State v. Stu D
ents
Discuss the case as if your team was part of the defens
e team in State v. Stu Dents and the defendant wants to
plead insanity.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you answer t
he following questions as a team:

Does your team believe the defendant is competent to s
tand trial? Why or why not?
What is required in your state for an insanity defense?
What steps must be taken to prove insanity?

CJA 354 Week 3 DQ 1

According to Lipmann (2010), white collar crimes are c
ommitted by an individual of high status in the course o
f his or her occupation . He states further the U.S. Justi
ce Department defines white-collar crime as an illegal a
ct that employs deceit and concealment rather than the
application of force to obtain money, property, or servic
e, to avoid the payment or loss of money, or to secure a
business or professional advantage (Contemporary Cri
minal Law. Concepts, Cases, and Controversies, 2nd ed.).

CJA 354 Week 3 DQ 2

Statutory rape is defined as a strict liability offense of in
tercourse with an underage individual. A strict liability o
ffense is a crime that does not require a criminal intent.
Based on the definition of statutory rape, respond to t
he following questions:
What distinctions can be made between rape and statu
tory rape? Should the distinctions exist? Explain your re
sponse.

CJA 354 Week 3 DQ 3

What is the definition of homicide?
What distinctions can be made about different types of
homicide?
Compare and contrast the criteria for the types and ho
w they affect the criminal justice system.

CJA 354 Week 3 Individual As

signment Personal Crimes An
alysis

For this assignment, you will choose from the following

options:

Option 1: Personal Crimes Analysis Presentation
Option 2: Personal Crimes Analysis Matrix
Option 3: Personal Crimes Analysis Posterboard

Read the instructions in the University of Phoenix Mate
rial: Personal Crimes Analysis located on the student we
bsite.
Select one of the following options to complete the assi
gnment.

CJA 354 Week 3 Individual As

signment Worksheet
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Week Thr
ee Worksheet.
Be sure to include your name on the worksheet.

CJA 354 Week 3 Team Assign

ment Prosecuting Argument
Paper

Resource: University of Phoenix Material: State v. Stu D

ents
Discuss the caseas if you are part of the prosecuting te
am in State v. Stu Dents to develop your argument.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that details the team
s argument.
List the elements of each crime and facts that estab
lish each element.
Provide a specific law for each charge. List the stat
e where the law is effective. Each team members st
ate needs to be represented.
Include the state where your case would be the str
ongest.

CJA 354 Week 4 DQ 1

Public order crimes, public-order offenses, or crimes ag
ainst the public order, include offenses such as fighting,
breach of peace, disorderly conduct, vagrancy, loitering,
unlawful assembly, public intoxication, obstructing publ
ic passage, and (illegally) carrying weapons.
Please respond to the following questions:
How do public order crimes differ from other types of
crime, as defined by the criminal justice system?

CJA 354 Week 4 DQ 2

Morals offenses denote a category of unlawful conduct
that was criminalized originally to protect the family an
d related social institutions. This category includes lewd
ness, indecency, sodomy, and other sex-related offense
s, such as seduction, fornication, adultery, bigamy, porn
ography, obscenity, cohabitation, and prostitution (Sch
malleger, Hall, &Dolatowski, 2010).
Respond to the following question:

CJA 354 Week 4 DQ 3

According to Schmalleger, Hall, and Dolatowski (2010), a
nother class of social-order offense consists of crimes a
gainst the administration of government. Offenses in thi
s category include treason, misprision of treason, rebelli
on, criminal syndicalism, espionage, sedition, perjury, s
ubornation of perjury, criminal contempt, obstruction o
f justice, resisting arrest, escape, misconduct in office, a
nd bribery.
Respond to the following:
How do crimes against government affect the administr
ation of justice?
What distinctions can be made

CJA 354 Week 4 Individual As

signment Anti-Drug Legislati
on Matrix

Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Anti-Drug

Legislation Matrix.
Cite to at least two (2) academic resources.
Cite to your text and/or your electronic readings.

CJA 354 Week 4 Individual As

signment Worksheet
Public order crimes, public-order offenses, or crimes ag
ainst the public order, include offenses such as fighting,
breach of peace, disorderly conduct, vagrancy, loitering,
unlawful assembly, public intoxication, obstructing publ
ic passage, and (illegally) carrying weapons.
Please respond to the following questions:
How do public order crimes differ from other types of
crime, as defined by the criminal justice system?

CJA 354 Week 4 Team Assign

ment Sentencing Proposal (P
reparation)

Begin preparing Sentencing Proposal assignment, due i

n Week Five.
Discuss sentencing arguments with your Learning Team
, including desired outcomes and intermediate sanction
s to propose.
Submit a 350-word summary that includes an overview
of your teams discussion and the research you have co
nducted.
Cite to at least two (2) academic resources.
Cite to your text and/or your electronic readings.

CJA 354 Week 5 Individual As

signment Victims and Crime
Evaluation

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that describes roles

and functions of individuals in the criminal justice syste
m and how victimization affects each role.
Evaluate the roles of prosecutor, defense attorney, cri
minal, and victim.
Summarize how victimization affects each role.
Answer the following questions
What are the goals of sentencing associated with each r
ole?

CJA 354 Week 5 Individual As

signment Worksheet
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Week Five
Worksheet.
Be sure to include your name on the worksheet.

CJA 354 Week 5 Team Assign

ment Sentencing Proposal
Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Ruling on Sta
te v. Stu Dents
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word proposal that includes two
different sentencing arguments formulated by your tea
m.
Include the desired outcome of each punishment.
Include alternative and intermediate sanctions.
Include a 5- to 10-slide Microsoft PowerPoint present
ation with your proposal.
Cite to at least two (2) academic resources.

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