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This Tutorial contains 2 Sets of Papers for each Assignment
CJA 305 Week 1 Individual Assignment Criminal Law Paper (2
Papers)
CJA 305 Week 1 DQ 1
CJA 305 Week 1 DQ 2
CJA 305 Week 1 DQ 3
CJA 305 Week 2 Individual Assignment Criminal Defense Case
Analysis (2 Papers)
CJA 305 Week 2 Individual Assignment Worksheet (2 Papers)
CJA 305 Week 2 Team Assignment Insanity Defense Paper (2
Papers)
CJA 305 Week 2 DQ 1
CJA 305 Week 2 DQ 2
CJA 305 Week 3 Individual Assignment Personal Crimes
Analysis (2 Papers)
CJA 305 Week 3 Team Assignment Prosecuting Argument Paper
(2 Papers)
CJA 305 Week 3 DQ 1
CJA 305 Week 3 DQ 2
CJA 305 Week 3 DQ 3
CJA 305 Week 4 Team Assignment Sentencing Proposal (2
Papers)
CJA 305 Week 4 Individual Assignment Anti-Drug Legislation
Matrix (2 Papers)

CJA 305 Week 4 DQ 1
CJA 305 Week 4 DQ 2
CJA 305 Week 4 DQ 3
CJA 305 Week 5 Individual Assignment Victims and Crime
Evaluation (2 Papers)
CJA 305 Week 5 Team Assignment Sentencing Proposal and
Presentation (2 Papers)
CJA 305 Final Exam Guide
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CJA 305 Final Exam Guide
1) That which is laid down, ordained, or established...a body of rules
of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority, and having a
binding legal force?
A) morals
B) mores
C) laws
D) norms

2) The least serious crime is a(n):
A) tort.
B) felony.
C) infraction.
D) misdemeanor.
3) ________ is the legal principal that requires that courts be bound
by their own earlier decisions and by those of higher courts having
jurisdiction over them regarding subsequent cases on similar issues
and fact.
A) Jurisdiction
B) Stare decisis
C) Jurisprudence
D) Due process of law
4) The Model Penal Code outlines four ________: purposely,
knowingly, reckless, and negligent.
A) elements of crime
B) canons of construction
C) states of mind
D) conducts
5) ________ is not an essential element of a crime.
A) Concurrence
B) The criminal act
C) Motive
D) A culpable mental state

6) The facts that show that a crime has occurred are referred to in
Latin as the:
A) corpus delicti.
B) mens rea.
C) actus rea.
D) mala prohibita.
7) In addition to the three fundamental aspects of crime (actusrea,
mensrea and concurrence), four additional principles are necessary to
fully appreciate contemporary understandings of crime. They are
causation, a resulting harm, the ________,and necessary attendant
circumstances.
A) degree of the crime
B) legality principle
C) void-for-vagueness principle
D) but for rule
8) Bob turns 21 and goes out and buys his first six-pack of beer. The
next week, the drinking age is raised to 22 and the sheriff arrests Bob
for buying that six-pack. Bob is the victim of:
A) the void-for-vagueness principle.
B) proximate cause.
C) an ex post facto law.
D) the principle of legality.

9) Bob decides to kill Ray. He takes a loaded gun and goes to Ray's
house. He sees Ray sitting on the porch and takes a shot at him.
What Bob didn't know was that Ray died of a heart attack, there on
his porch, a half-hour before Bob arrived. If Bob is charged with
attempted homicide, he might claim the defense of:
A) renunciation.
B) impossibility.
C) strict liability.
D) abandonment.
10) Today we call one who knowingly gives assistance to a person
who has committed a felony for the purpose of helping that individual
avoid apprehension or detection a(n):
A) accessory.
B) principal in the second degree.
C) principal in the first degree.
D) accomplice.
11) Bob is charged with a crime and defends himself by arguing that
he only committed the crime to avoid some greater evil. Bob is
defending himself with a(n):
A) alibi.
B) justification.
C) exception.
D) excuse.
12) A(n) ________ defense is one in which the defendant must take
the offense and respond to the charges against him or her with his or
her own assertions being based on legal arguments.

A) alter ego
B) reasonable
C) affirmative
D) perfect
13) The legal concept of the ________ envisions a person who acts
with common sense and who has the mental capacity of an average,
normal, sensible human being.
A) reasonable person
B) common man
C) average man
D) alter ego rule
14) In jurisdictions where the concepts of perfect and imperfect self-
defense are employed, imperfect self-defense may:
A) lower criminal liability but not eliminate it.
B) eliminate the retreat rule.
C) justify deadly force.
D) eliminate criminal liability.
15) The police arrive as Bob is robbing a bank with a gun. Bob runs
out the door of the bank, taking shots at the police as he runs. The
police:
A) may rely on the fleeing felon rule.
B) may shoot Bob to stop him.
C) must retreat before using deadly force.
D) must follow the alter ego rule.

16) ________ admit that the action committed by the defendant was
wrong and that it violated the criminal law, but claim that the
defendant should not be held accountable under the criminal law by
virtue of special conditions or circumstances that suggest the
defendant is not responsible for his or her deeds.
A) Mistakes of law
B) Excuses
C) Errors
D) Justifications
17) Bob flies into New York City and goes to the baggage area to
get his suitcase. He takes the wrong bag, a black one identical to his,
thinking he has the correct bag. The real owner of the bag stops him
and accuses Bob of theft. Bob's defense is:
A) ignorance of the law.
B) psycholegal error.
C) mistake of fact.
D) mistake of law.
18) Bob earns his living selling cocaine. He is eating dinner with a
man who he thinks is a friend, but the man is really an undercover
police officer. When Bob comments that he looking for a new source
of cocaine, the officer volunteers to sell Bob some cocaine. When
this encounter results in Bob being charged with a crime:
A) Bob will not be able to claim the defense of entrapment.
B) Bob will be able to claim the defense of duress.
C) Bob will be able to claim the defense of entrapment.
D) Bob will be able to claim outrageous government conduct.

19) Bob is arrested for robbery. While waiting for his trial, he falls
mentally ill and is found incompetent to stand trial. After six months
of treatment for his illness, he recovers. Bob:
A) is considered guilty but mentally ill.
B) can now be tried for robbery
C) is considered legally insane.
D) is not guilty by reason of insanity.
20) Person's found not guilty by reason of insanity are, on average,
held in mental hospitals ________ as persons found guilty are held in
prison.
A) a small fraction of the time
B) at least as long
C) twice as long
D) about half the amount of time
21) ________ is the killing of a human being by the act,
procurement, or omission of another human being.
A) Homicide
B) Gross negligence
C) Accidental death
D) Malice aforethought

22) Driving 100 miles per hour in a school zone while young
children are present could establish:
A) malice.
B) justification.
C) adequate provocation.
D) ordinary negligence.
23) ________ can be a killing committed without lawful
justification, wherein the defendant acted under a sudden and intense
passion resulting from adequate provocation.
A) Negligent homicide
B) Voluntary manslaughter
C) Premeditated murder
D) Excusable homicide
24) ________ is an intentional and offensive touching or wrongful
physical contact with another without consent, that results in some
injury or offends or causes discomfort.
A) Battery
B) Aggravated assault
C) Aggravated battery
D) Assault
25) ________ is sexual intercourse, whether or not consensual, with
a person under the "age of consent" as specified by law.
A) Spousal rape
B) Sexual battery
C) Statutory rape

D) Sexual contact
26) The elements of the crime of ________ are: 1) an unlawful
restraint by one person, 2) of another person's freedom of movement,
3) without the victim's consent or without legal justification.
A) false imprisonment
B) forcible battery
C) battery
D) kidnapping
27) Larceny can only be committed:
A) intentionally.
B) negligently.
C) knowingly.
D) recklessly.
28) The elements of ________ are: 1) the felonious taking of
personal property, 2) from the person or immediate presence of
another, 3) against the will of the victim, and 4) accomplished by
means of force or by putting the victim in fear.
A) theft
B) robbery
C) larceny
D) burglary
29) Bob lies to Ray. He tells Ray that he has permission to go into
Mary's house while she is at work and borrow her TV. In reality,

Mary expressly told Bob he could not enter her house or borrow her
TV. Bob asks Ray to do him a favor and go get the TV for him. Ray
goes in the house and brings Bob the TV. This is an example of:
A) looting.
B) uttering.
C) constructive entry.
D) criminal mischief.
30) The elements of ________ make it illegal for a person to: 1)
use a computer or computer network, 2) without authority, and 3)
with the intent to cause physical injury to an individual.
A) computer fraud
B) personal trespass by computer
C) computer tampering
D) computer trespass
31) Crimes against ________ are those that disturb or invade
society's peace and tranquility.
A) the administration of government
B) public order
C) public decency
D) justice
32) Many traditionally worded ________ statutes were struck down
by the courts for being too vague or attempting to punish a status
rather than an activity.
A) unlawful assembly
B) criminal syndicalism
C) vagrancy

D) DUI
33) ________ is an unlawful attempt to interfere with the
administration of the courts, the judicial system, or law enforcement
officers, or with the activities of those who seek justice in a court or
whose duties involve the administration of justice.
A) Criminal contempt
B) Disorderly conduct
C) Criminal syndicalism
D) Obstruction of justice
34) ________ is the offense of giving or receiving a gift or reward
intended to influence a person in the exercise of a judicial or public
duty.
A) Bribery
B) Misconduct in office
C) Misprision of office
D) Obstruction of justice
35) An office holder who commits misconduct in office by doing
something he or she has no right to do is guilty of:
A) misdirection.
B) malfeasance.
C) misfeasance.
D) non-feasance.

36) The only crime specifically mentioned in the United States
Constitution.
A) treason
B) terrorism
C) sedition
D) murder
37) Ray pays Bob $500 to bring him illegally from Mexico into the
United States. Bob is guilty of
A) sex trafficking
B) human smuggling
C) immigrant trafficking
D) human trafficking
38) One of America's first immigration laws sought to end a huge
influx of mostly male workers from
A) India
B) Mexico
C) Ireland
D) China
39) Because the USA PATRIOT Act and other anti-terrorism laws
challenge historic notions of civil rights in the United States

A) terrorists born outside of the United States can be summarily
denied their rights.
B) Congress repealed the Act.
C) a considerable amount of litigation can be expected in the
future.
D) the Act does not have to conform to the United States
Constitution.
40) Most of the duties of the INS were incorporated into the
A) Drug Enforcement Agency
B) Department of Homeland Security
C) Federal Bureau of Investigation
D) Department of Transportation
41) The ________ is/are conducted annually by the Bureau of
Justice Statistics to provide data on surveyed households that report
they were affected by crime.
A) Victims of Crime Reports
B) National Crime Victimization Survey
C) Uniform Crime Reports
D) Victim Assistance Reports
42) The central focus of the National Organization for Victim
Assistance is to:
A) oppose sentencing reforms.
B) provide rides to court.
C) educate policy makers about victims' rights.
D) fight for the death penalty in murder cases.

43) Bob has been convicted of sexual assault and he is serving time
in prison. He writes a book in which he brags about his crimes. He
may be prevented from profiting from the sale of that book by:
A) uniform crime laws.
B) Son of Sam laws.
C) the crime index.
D) the right of allocution.
44) Persons aged 65 or older have the ________ victimization rates
for all types of crime.
A) least consistent
B) highest
C) lowest
D) most violent
45) The ________ justice model holds that it is necessary to attain a
balance between the legitimate needs of the community, the offender
and the victim.
A) assistance
B) restitution
C) victimization
D) restorative
46) The ________ model of criminal sentencing suggests that
punishments should be appropriate to the type and severity of the
crime.

A) equity
B) split sentence
C) consecutive sentence
D) just deserts
47) ________ is the sentencing philosophy that aims to reduce the
likelihood that the offender will be capable of committing future
offenses.
A) Rehabilitation
B) Incapacitation
C) Retribution
D) Restitution
48) ________ is a sentencing principle that objectively counts an
offender's criminal history in sentencing decisions.
A) Proportionality
B) Deterrence
C) Equity
D) Social debt
49) Alternatives to traditional sanctions like imprisonment, such as
split sentencing, home confinement and community service, are
known as ________ sanctions.
A) proportional
B) determinate
C) specific
D) intermediate

50) Bob is sentenced to five years in prison. His lawyer says he will
see what he can do for him, but not to count on anything. After being
in prison for three weeks, Bob is brought back to court and the judge
places him on probation. This is an example of:
A) community service.
B) a mixed sentence.
C) shock incarceration.
D) shock probation.
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CJA 305 Week 1 DQ 1
To learn more about civil law and criminal law characteristics, you
will do the following:
Prepare a table or chart with two columns.
Label one column civil law and the other, criminal law.
Complete the chart with appropriate comparison of the differences
between civil and criminal law. You may include similarities, too.
Post to the Main Forum.

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CJA 305 Week 1 DQ 2
Please post responses to the following:
Define criminal liability. Does it work? Explain.
How does criminal liability affect the criminal justice system?
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CJA 305 Week 1 DQ 3

What is the relationship between “fair” and “law”? Does one
influence the other? Does public opinion play a role in how the
courts (especially the Supreme Court of the U.S.) interpret the
law? Does this information help you predict how the law may or
may not change?
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CJA 305 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Criminal Law Paper (2 Papers)
This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers
Locate a recent criminal Supreme Court case you find
interesting. Provide a brief summary and properly cite the case.
Write a 700- to 1,400-word paper in which you answer the following
questions:
 What interested you about this case?
 What are the sources, purposes, and jurisdictions of the criminal
law related to this case?
 What is accomplice liability and criminal liability? How does it
relate to the case?

 What is the difference between the various elements of crime,
including actusreus, mensrea, and concurrence? How do they
relate to the case?
Cite to at least two (2) academic resources.
Cite to your text and/or your electronic readings.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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CJA 305 Week 2 DQ 1
1. Research the Andrea Yates case, in which a mother suffering
from postpartum depression (PPD) killed her five children.
Do you feel that PPD should be a defense to murder or manslaughter?
Explain.
Do you think Ms. Yates received a fair sentence? Explain.
2. Research the prosecution of Jared Loughner for the shooting of
Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona.
· How does competency to stand trial play into this case? Explain
your answer.
· Do you think Loughner is competent? Explain your answer.

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CJA 305 Week 2 DQ 2
According to Schmalleger, Hall, and Dolatowski (2010), a syndrome
is “a complex of signs and symptoms presenting a clinical picture of a
disease or disorder”. They also define a syndrome-based defense as a
“defense predicated on, or substantially enhanced by, the acceptability
of syndrome-related claims”. Use the foregoing definitions to respond
to
Review the concept of syndrome-based defense enhancements;
Discuss whether a syndrome should be considered an excuse, a
justification, or an explanation; and
Discuss whether syndromes can best be seen as (1) potentially
negating mensrea, (2) widening traditional defenses, or (3) a way of
justifying behavior classes or groups of people.
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Criminal Defense Case Analysis (2 Papers)
Locate two cases that discuss various types of criminal defenses.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word case analysis in which you identify and
examine the types of criminal defenses used in each case that include
the following:
 Explanation of the nature and types of defenses used in each
case and what evidence was used to support each defense.
 Description of how justification and excuse play a role in each
case.
 Description of the outcome of each case.
Format your case analysis consistent with APA guidelines.
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Worksheet (2 Papers)
Complete the University Material: Week Two Worksheet.
Be sure to include your name on the worksheet.
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CJA 305 Week 2 Team Assignment Insanity
Defense Paper (2 Papers)

Resource: University Material: State v. Stu Dents
Discuss the case as if your team was part of the defense team in State
v. Stu Dents and the defendant wants to plead insanity.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you answer the following
questions as a team:
 Does your team believe the defendant is competent to stand
trial? Why or why not?
 What is required in your state for an insanity defense?
 What steps must be taken to prove insanity?
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CJA 305 Week 3 DQ 1
According to Lipmann (2010), white collar crimes are “committed by
an individual of high status in the course of his or her occupation” .
He states further the “U.S. Justice Department defines white-collar
crime as an illegal act that employs deceit and concealment rather
than the application of force to obtain money, property, or service, to

avoid the payment or loss of money, or to secure a business or
professional advantage” (Contemporary Criminal Law. Concepts,
Cases, and Controversies, 2nd ed.).
Please respond to the following:
(1) Explain why Money Laundering is considered a white collar
crime.
(2) Should white collar crimes be more severely punished than blue
collar crimes?
(3) Should there be a distinction between white collar and blue collar
crimes?
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CJA 305 Week 3 DQ 2
Statutory rape is defined as a strict liability offense of intercourse with
an underage individual. A strict liability offense is a crime that does
not require a criminal intent.
Based on the definition of statutory rape, respond to the following
questions:
What distinctions can be made between rape and statutory rape?
Should the distinctions exist? Explain your response.
Why have many states changed the offense of statutory rape to
criminal sexual conduct?

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CJA 305 Week 3 DQ 3
What is the definition of homicide?
What distinctions can be made about different types of homicide?
Compare and contrast the criteria for the types and how they affect
the criminal justice system.
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Personal Crimes Analysis (2 Papers)

For this assignment, you will choose from the following options:
 Option 1: Personal Crimes Analysis Presentation
 Option 2: Personal Crimes Analysis Matrix
 Option 3: Personal Crimes Analysis Posterboard
Read the instructions in the University of Phoenix Material: Personal
Crimes Analysis located on the student website.
Select one of the following options to complete the assignment.
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Complete the University Material: Week Three Worksheet.
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CJA 305 Week 3 Team Assignment
Prosecuting Argument Paper (2 Papers)
Resource: University Material: State v. Stu Dents
Discuss the caseas if you are part of the prosecuting team in State v.
Stu Dents to develop your argument.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that details the team’s argument.
List the elements of each crime and facts that establish each
element.
Provide a specific law for each charge. List the state where the
law is effective. Each team member’s state needs to be
represented.
Include the state where your case would be the strongest.

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CJA 305 Week 4 DQ 1
Public order crimes, public-order offenses, or crimes against the
public order, include offenses such as fighting, breach of peace,
disorderly conduct, vagrancy, loitering, unlawful assembly, public
intoxication, obstructing public passage, and (illegally) carrying
weapons.
Please respond to the following questions:
· How do public order crimes differ from other types of crime, as
defined by the criminal justice system?
· How can we improve the ways in which the criminal justice system
helps to decrease the number of public order crimes?
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CJA 305 Week 4 DQ 2

Morals offenses denote a category of unlawful conduct that was
criminalized originally to protect the family and related social
institutions. This category includes lewdness, indecency, sodomy, and
other sex-related offenses, such as seduction, fornication, adultery,
bigamy, pornography, obscenity, cohabitation, and prostitution
(Schmalleger, Hall, &Dolatowski, 2010).
Respond to the following question:
Define lewdness and explain how the criminal justice system can
more effectively
combat prostitution, obscenity, and lewdness?
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CJA 305 Week 4 DQ 3
According to Schmalleger, Hall, and Dolatowski (2010), another class
of social-order offense consists of crimes against the administration of

government. Offenses in this category include treason, misprision of
treason, rebellion, criminal syndicalism, espionage, sedition, perjury,
subornation of perjury, criminal contempt, obstruction of justice,
resisting arrest, escape, misconduct in office, and bribery.
Respond to the following:
 How do crimes against government affect the administration of
justice?
 What distinctions can be made about crimes against
administration or government and the concern of domestic
terrorism?
 What is the relationship between federal and state anti-drug
legislation and asset forfeiture?
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CJA 305 Week 4 Individual Assignment Anti
Drug Legislation Matrix (2 Papers)
Complete the University Material: Anti-Drug Legislation Matrix.
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CJA 305 Week 4 Team Assignment Sentencing
Proposal (2 Papers)
Begin preparing Sentencing Proposal assignment, due in Week Five.
Discuss sentencing arguments with your Learning Team, including
desired outcomes and intermediate sanctions to propose.
Submit a 350-word summary that includes an overview of your
team’s discussion and the research you have conducted.
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Victims and Crime Evaluation (2 Papers)

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that describes roles and functions
of individuals in the criminal justice system and how victimization
affects each role.
Evaluate the roles of prosecutor, defense attorney, criminal, and
victim.
Summarize how victimization affects each role.
Answer the following questions:
 What are the goals of sentencing associated with each role?
 What are the goals of alternative sanctions?
 What recommendations do you have regarding victims’ rights?
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Complete the University Material: Week Five Worksheet.
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CJA 305 Week 5 Team Assignment Sentencing
Proposal and Presentation (2 Papers)
Resource: University Material: Ruling on State v. Stu Dents
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word proposal that includes two different
sentencing arguments formulated by your team.
Include the desired outcome of each punishment.
Include alternative and intermediate sanctions.
Include a 5- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with
your proposal.

Format your paper and presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
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