The complexities of defense of home and property.

          Discuss the complexities of defense of home and property. Discuss the complexities of the defense of consent. Describe the relationship between syndrome-based defenses and mens rea. What is mental incompetency? What are some of the...

Media content is more dangerous than other content

    Discuss whether you feel that some types of media (films, books, electronic video games, for example) are more criminogenic than others or whether some content is more dangerous than other content. Discuss the differences between cultures that appear to...

Media’s portrayal of the case

  Present a famous court case, either in real life or fictional; how has the media’s portrayal of the case affected the court system in the United States? What role do you think the media should have in the courts? Include your word count.  ...

Some types of media are more criminogenic

Discuss whether you feel that some types of media (films, books, electronic video games, for example) are more criminogenic than others or whether some content is more dangerous than other content. Discuss the differences between cultures that appear to have large...

Famous court case

    Present a famous court case, either in real life or fictional; how has the media’s portrayal of the case affected the court system in the United States? What role do you think the media should have in the courts? Include your word...

The officers’ thought process

    Sean Bell, a 23-year-old African-American, and two other friends were leaving Bell’s bachelor party at a strip club on November 25, 2006, when they were shot by a group of undercover detectives who had been monitoring the club. More than 50 shots...