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CJA 354 Week 1 Individual

Assignment Criminal Law Paper

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
Paper

CJA 354 Week 1 DQ 1

To learn more about civil law

and criminal law characteristics,
you will do the following:

Prepare a table or chart

with two columns.

Label one column civil law

and the other, criminal law.

Complete the chart with

appropriate comparison of the
differences between civil and
criminal law. You may include
similarities, too.

Post to the Main Forum.

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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 system?

CJA 354 Week 1 DQ 3

What is the relationship

between fair and law?
Does one influence the
other? Does public
opinion play a role in how
the courts (especially the
Supreme Court of the U.S.)
interpret the law? Does
this information help you
predict how the law may
or may not change?

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CJA 354 Week 1 Individual
Assignment Criminal Law Paper

Locate a recent criminal

Supreme Court case you find
interesting. Provide a brief
summary and properly cite
the case.

Write a 700- to 1,400-word

paper in which you answer
the following questions

What interested you about

this case?

What are the sources,

purposes, and jurisdictions
of the criminal

CJA 354 Week 2 DQ 1

Research the Andrea Yates

case, in which a mother
suffering 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?
Explain.

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CJA 354 Week 2 DQ 2

CJA 354 Week 2 Individual Assignment

Criminal Defense Case Analysis

According to Schmalleger,
Hall, and Dolatowski
(2010), a syndrome is a
complex of signs and
symptoms presenting a
clinical picture of a
disease or disorder. They
also define a syndromebased defense as a
defense predicated on, or
substantially

Locate two cases that

discuss various types of
criminal defenses.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word

case analysis in which you
identify and examine the
types of criminal defenses
used 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.

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CJA 354 Week 2 Individual
Assignment Worksheet

CJA 354 Week 2 Team Assignment

Insanity Defense Paper

Complete the University

of Phoenix Material: Week
Two Worksheet.

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

Be sure to include your

name on the worksheet.

Discuss the case as if your

team was part of the
defense 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
the following questions as a
team:

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CJA 354 Week 3 DQ 1

According to Lipmann (2010),

white collar crimes are
committed by an individual
of high status in the course of
his or her occupation . He
states further the U.S.
Justice Department defines
white-collar crime as an
illegal act that employs deceit
and concealment rather than
the application of force to
obtain money, property, or
service, to avoid the payment
or loss of money, or to secure

CJA 354 Week 3 DQ 2

Statutory rape is defined as a

strict liability offense of
intercourse with an underage
individual. A strict liability
offense is a crime that does
not require a criminal intent.

Based on the definition of

statutory rape, respond to the
following questions:

What distinctions can be

made between rape and
statutory rape? Should the
distinctions exist? Explain
your response.

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CJA 354 Week 3 DQ 3

CJA 354 Week 3 Individual Assignment

Personal Crimes Analysis

What is the definition of

homicide?

What distinctions can be

made about different
types of homicide?

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

Compare and contrast the

criteria for the types and
how they affect the
criminal justice system.

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Assignment Worksheet

CJA 354 Week 3 Team Assignment

Prosecuting Argument Paper

Complete the University

of Phoenix Material: Week
Three Worksheet.

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

Be sure to include your

name on the worksheet.

Discuss the caseas if you

are part of the prosecuting
team in State v. Stu Dents to
develop your argument.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word

paper that details the
teams argument.

List the elements of each

crime and facts that
establish each element.

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CJA 354 Week 4 DQ 1

Public order crimes, publicorder offenses, or crimes

against the public order,
include offenses such as
fighting, breach of peace,
disorderly conduct,
vagrancy, loitering, unlawful
assembly, public
intoxication, obstructing
public passage, and
(illegally) carrying weapons.

Please respond to the

following questions:

CJA 354 Week 4 DQ 2

Morals offenses denote a

category of unlawful conduct
that was criminalized
originally to protect the family
and related social institutions.
This category includes
lewdness, indecency, sodomy,
and other sex-related
offenses, such as seduction,
fornication, adultery, bigamy,
pornography, obscenity,
cohabitation, and prostitution
(Schmalleger, Hall,
&Dolatowski,2010)

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CJA 354 Week 4 DQ 3

According to Schmalleger, Hall,

and Dolatowski (2010), another
class of social-order offense
consists of crimes against the
administration of government.
Offenses in this category
include treason, misprision of
treason, rebellion, criminal
syndicalism, espionage,
sedition, perjury, subornation of
perjury, criminal contempt,
obstruction of justice, resisting
arrest, escape, misconduct in
office, and bribery.

CJA 354 Week 4 Individual Assignment

Anti-Drug Legislation Matrix

Complete the University

of Phoenix Material: AntiDrug Legislation Matrix.

Cite to at least two (2)

academic resources.

Cite to your text and/or

your electronic readings.

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CJA 354 Week 4 Individual
Assignment Worksheet

Public order crimes, publicorder offenses, or crimes

against the public order,
include offenses such as
fighting, breach of peace,
disorderly conduct,
vagrancy, loitering, unlawful
assembly, public
intoxication, obstructing
public passage, and
(illegally) carrying weapons.
Please respond to the
following questions:

CJA 354 Week 4 Team Assignment

Sentencing Proposal (Preparation)

Begin preparing Sentencing

Proposal assignment, due in
Week Five.

Discuss sentencing
arguments with your Learning
Team, including desired
outcomes and intermediate
sanctions to propose.

Submit a 350-word summary

that includes an overview of
your teams discussion and
the research you have
conducted.

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CJA 354 Week 5 Individual Assignment
Victims and Crime Evaluation

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word

paper that describes roles and
functions of individuals in the
criminal justice system and
how victimization affects each
role.

Evaluate the roles of

prosecutor, defense attorney,
criminal, and victim.

Summarize how victimization

affects each role.

Answer the following

questions:

CJA 354 Week 5 Individual

Assignment Worksheet

Complete the University

of Phoenix Material: Week
Five Worksheet.

Be sure to include your

name on the worksheet.

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CJA 354 Week 5 Team
Assignment Sentencing Proposal

Resource: University of
Phoenix Material: Ruling on
State v. Stu Dents

Write a 1,050- to 1,400word proposal that includes

two different sentencing
arguments formulated by
your team.

Include the desired outcome

of each punishment.

Include alternative and

intermediate sanctions.

Include a 5- to 10-slide.

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