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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

PBJ 365 - Introduction to Criminal Law


2015-2016 Catalog Year

A study of basic criminal law principles with special emphasis on the criminal law in New York State. Crime, punishment, mental culpability, and defenses (intoxication, mistake, insanity) will be discussed, using a general procedural framework beginning with arrest and culminating in the appellate process. Case method.

Prerequisite: PBJ 101 and upper division standing and nine hours social science credit, or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall, Spring
credit: 3