1. Know the role of criminal intent in criminal law and punishment.

2. State the categories of criminal intent in the Model Penal Code.

3. Explain the difference between the criminal intents of purposely and knowingly and between the criminal intents of recklessly and negligently.

4. Know the characteristics of strict liability offenses.

5. Know the importance of concurrence in defining crimes.

6. Appreciate the role of causality in the determina­tion of criminal guilt.

7. Explain the concepts of cause-in-fact, proximate cause, coincidental intervening cause, and responsive intervening cause.