Learning Objectives
- Explain the development of the Common Law, as applied to criminal law, from its origin to today.
- Define criminal law.
- Compare and contrast criminal law, criminal procedure, and civil law.
- Identify and describe the five primary objectives of criminal law punishment.
- Identify and describe the various forms of law that are important to criminal law.
- When presented with a crime, you will be able to identify it is a felony, misdemeanor, infraction, malum in se, or malum prohibitum.
- Explain federal and state jurisdiction over criminal law and describe the roles of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government in criminal law.