Crime and Justice: Learning through Cases,Third Edition - Student Reso
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Learning Objectives


Chapter 5

  • Identify and define the five material elements of crime.
  • Explain the difference between: murder, manslaughter, felony murder, and vehicular homicide.
  • List the principles of defense including the idea of affirmative defenses and describe the different between defense of excuse and defense of justification.
  • Identify and describe the five elements required to prove self-defense.
  • Explain the “reasonable person standard” and how it might introduce bias into the legal process.

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