SOCIOL 2309 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Malum Prohibitum, Overbreadth Doctrine, Model Penal Code
9 Sep 2016
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Introduction: substantive law defined by statute, it prescribes and proscribes various types of conduct. Law of crimes: procedural law rules that state must follow when investigating suspects or prosecuting someone who has committed a crime. A punishment is prescribed; the person committing it must have. Intended to do so and to have done so without legally acceptable. Defense or justification: mala in se crimes: inherently harmful because they generate strong emotional responses in all victims of them. Differentiated from mala prohibita and other crimes by consensus, severity of penalty and harm: uniform crime reports (ucr) the fbi"s annual report of crimes committed in the usa; comprised part i and part ii offenses. Part i are mala in se crimes (murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny/theft, motor vehicle theft and arson) Part ii are some less serious mala in se crimes and mala prohibita.
