CJ 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Corpus Delicti, Mens Rea, Strict Liability
1 Mar 2018
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Belief that an orderly society must be governed by established principles and known codes that are applied uniformly and fairly to all of its members. Regulations governments create to control activities of industries businesses, and individuals. An action that gives rise to some form of harm. Crimes against the nation at large for a foreign government. Body of rules and regulations that define and specify the nature of and punishments for offenses of a public nature, or for wrongs committed against the state or society. Violations result in punishment upon conviction in a court of law. Individual must commit voluntary act for it to be considered a crime. Requires that act and the mental state occur together in order for a crime to take place. Rules of practice vs. defining crimes and punishments. There must be a law that has a crime. There cannot be a crime with no punishment. There has to be like a murder weapon.
