Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
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Classify the essential elements of a crime.
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Differentiate defenses of justification and excuse. (These include defenses such as selfdefense, insanity, entrapment, etc.)
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Apply knowledge of essential elements of a crime to the definition of crimes in the New Jersey Criminal Code 2C.
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Compare and contrast the different definitions of crime in Common Law to contemporary statutory definitions.
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Consider how acts are defined as wrong and identified as a public wrong as opposed to a private wrong.
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Examine the issues of professional responsibility and ethical standards as they relate to the subject matter of this course.