Crime: Legal Studies

1) Nature of Crime:

1.1 The meaning of crime

The elements of crime

Strict liability offences

Causation

Categories of crime including:

Crime offences against the person

Offences against the sovereign

Economic offences (property/white collar/computer)

Drug offences

Driving offences

Public order offences

Preliminary crimes (attempts and conspiracy)

Summary and indictable offences

Define summary and indictable offences

Parties to a crime including principal in the first degree, principal in the second degree, accessory before the fact, accessory after the

Examine a range of factors that may lead to fact criminal behaviour

Factors affecting criminal behaviour

Crime prevention: situational and social

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