LEG 320 Criminal Law
This course familiarizes students with the origins of criminal law and explores its historical development into modern American crimes codes. Each lesson introduces students to substantive criminal law and associated legal principles and terminology. This course contrasts elements of crimes against persons, crimes against property, cybercrime, white collar crime and other types of crime. Early and modern approaches to identifying, deterring, preventing, detecting, prosecuting and punishing criminal behavior are also examined.