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This lesson provides an overview of criminal law and explores the different types of crime, including crimes against people, crimes against property, white-collar crimes, victimless crimes, and crimes against the government. It also examines possible causes of crime.

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Bell Ringer

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  1. Bell Ringer • What does the graph show? • About how many people were in prison in the year 2000?

  2. Criminal Law Chapter 20, Section 1

  3. By the end of today’s lesson, you should be able to: • Identify and describe the 5 types of crime. • Explain possible causes of crime.

  4. Review of Criminal Law • The main question in criminal law is did someone commit a crime? • Crime: any behavior that is illegal because the government considers it to be harmful to society • Felony: serious crime for which the penalty can be imprisonment for more than one year. Examples: kidnapping, murder • Misdemeanor: less serious crime for which the penalty is often a fine. Examples: speeding, littering.

  5. Crime • Crimes are defined by the penal code. • There are 5 general types of crime: 1. Crimes Against People 2. Crimes Against Property 3. White-Collar Crime 4. “Victimless” Crimes 5. Crimes Against the Government

  6. Crimes Against People • Acts that threaten, hurt, or end a person’s life • Most crimes against people are violent with the victim being injured or killed. • In 2000, there were more than 1.5 million violent crimes in the U.S.

  7. Homicide: killing someone Murder: intentional killing; 1st degree is planned before hand and 2nd degree has intent to kill but not planned beforehand. Manslaughter: accidental killing of a person Killing someone in self-defense is not a crime. Assault: placing someone in fear without actual physical contact Battery: if physical contact occurs with the assault (fist, weapon, etc.) Rape Kidnapping Crimes Against People

  8. Crimes Against Property • Most common type of crime • More than 10 million property crimes in the U.S. in 2000 • Most crimes against property involve stealing • Vandalism: the deliberate destruction of property • Arson: setting fire to property on purpose

  9. Crimes Against Property – Stealing • Larceny: taking anything of value that belongs to another person without using violence • Robbery: taking anything of value from another person by force or by threat of violence • Burglary: breaking into a building with plans to do something illegal inside; may or may not involve stealing

  10. White-Collar Crimes • Nonviolent crimes by office workers for personal or business gain • Fraud: taking someone else’s property or money by cheating or lying • Embezzlement: stealing money that has been entrusted to your care • Stealing company secrets

  11. Victimless Crimes • Known as victimless crimes because they primarily hurt the people who commit them • Also known as crimes against common values or morality • Unauthorized gambling – not illegal everywhere • Use of illegal drugs • Prostitution • Some argue these crimes only hurt the one that commits them. • Others argue families and society as a whole are harmed by these crimes. • Another argument is that people often turn to violent crime to pay for their habits

  12. Crimes Against the Government • Treason: betrayal of one’s country by helping its enemies or by making war against it • Terrorism: a crime in which people or groups of people use, or say they will use, violence in order to get what they want from the government or society.

  13. Causes of Crime

  14. Comprehension Check • What crime did we discuss today that may not be illegal everywhere? • Gambling

  15. Comprehension Check • Is this an example of a violent crime? • Threatening a person’s life • Breaking into buildings • Drugs or Gambling

  16. Comprehension Check • Breaking windows is an example of what crime? • Vandalism

  17. Comprehension Check • Taking something of value from someone without using violence is an example of what crime? • Larceny

  18. Comprehension Check • What is an example of a crime against the government? • Treason or Terrorism

  19. Comprehension Check • Which possible cause of crime do you think is most important and why?

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