CJUS P300 1st Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture 1. Different types of crimes 2. Statutes3. Why are things illegal?4. Felonies v. Misdemeanors5. Different levels of crimes6. Purpose of the law7. JurisdictionOutline of Current Lecture 1. Class Discussion2. What laws are necessary3. What’s a violent crime?4. Property Crimes5. Victimless Crimes6. Violent CrimesCurrent Lecture1. Class discussion on what laws we like/don’t like/think are unfair a. Blue laws prohibited certain activities on Sunday because it was a day of worshipi. Hence not being able to buy alcohol on Sunday ii. Liquor stores actually like the Sunday law because the groceries stores may hog the market on Sunday and they (liquor stores) would have to stay open b. Indiana is moving towards decriminalizing weed (A to B misdemeanor) because of money and tax revenue.c. Altering your passport will allow you to be put in a federal prison d. You have to be a danger to yourself or somebody else or causing a disturbance in order to be charged with public intoxication in Indiana e. Jaywalking and Speeding are infractions 2. What laws are necessarya. Speed limitsb. Gun laws c. Traffic laws (red lights, stop signs, etc.)These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.d. Fundamental rights lawse. FDA laws f. No murder, assault, or battery g. Contract law3. What’s a violent crimea. Murderb. Assaultc. Batteryd. Robberye. Rapef. Manslaughter4. Property Crimesa. Vandalismb. Thefc. Trespassingd. Arsone. Stolen Identification5. Victimless Crimea. Is there such a thing as a victimless crime?i. Mopery – flashing a blind person?b. Prosecutors do not have a client per say because they represent the community. Prosecutors do not represent the victim or have an individual client. Prosecutors job is to do justice and make sure community standards are being protected. c. Private lawyers have clients. d. There is not a victimless crimei. Named victimsii. Society and community as a wholeiii. The potential is there to always do harm which is why the laws exist6. Violent Crimesa. Violent crimes will be given priority by any prosecutor office anywhere becausethey hit at the very structure of a society. b. Property crimes decrease based upon what you vandalized, trespassed on,
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