1. Unit Question
What are the elements and classifications of crimes as well as the defenses provided under the law?

2. What are the current issues that effect crime in America?
Essential Question
What are the current issues that effect crime in America?

3. Key Question What is the typical criminal profile?
What is the typical victim profile?
What are the crime trends in the USA?
When are the various penalties typically assessed?

4. Key Question
What effect does substance abuse have on crime in America?
What are the crime trends in America?

5. Word Wall Recidivist DWI, DUI Restitution Incarceration
Community Policing
Gun Control Act of 1968

6. What are the major classifications of crimes in the United States?
Essential Question
What are the major classifications of crimes in the United States?

7. Key Questions What are felonies, misdemeanors, and summary offenses?
How are categories of crimes graded in PA?

8. Word Wall
crime
prosecutor
defendant
felony
misdemeanor

9. What are the elements of a crime?
Essential Question
What are the elements of a crime?

10. Key Question
Why is motive not necessary to be proven to solve a crime?
How is required state of mind determined?
How are crimes defined in PA?

11. Word Wall
state of mind
criminal act
motive

12. What are the major crimes in the USA?
Essential Question
What are the major crimes in the USA?

13. Key Question What are the major crimes against people?
What are the major crimes against property?

14. Key Question What are the crimes against business interests?
How is robbery different from larceny?

15. Word Wall solicitation attempt conspiracy overt act homicide malice
1st degree murder
felony murder
2nd degree murder
voluntary manslaughter
involuntary manslaughter
negligent homicide
negligence

16. Word Wall suicide acquaintance rape (date rape) assault battery arson
noncriminal homicide
acquaintance rape (date rape)
arson
vandalism
larceny
petty larceny
grand larceny
suicide
assault
battery
stalking
sexual assault
rape
statutory rape

17. Word Wall joyriding computer crime hackers armed robbery kidnapping
Receiving stolen property
joyriding
computer crime
hackers
armed robbery
kidnapping
fraud
bribery
shoplifting
concealment
embezzlement
robbery
extortion
burglary
forgery
uttering

18. What are the nine basic defenses to crimes?
Essential Question
What are the nine basic defenses to crimes?

19. Key Questions
What are the two tests used in the US to determine legal insanity?
What are the conditions for entrapment to be a successful defense?

20. Key Questions
What must conditions must exist for self-defense to be a successful defense?

21. Word Wall intoxication duress Insanity alibi recidivist self defense
entrapment
infancy
Word Wall
alibi
recidivist
DNA Evidence
self defense
entrapment
infancy