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Street LAw Unit 2 Chapter 9 Crimes Against Persons

The document outlines various crimes against persons, focusing on homicide and its classifications, including first-degree murder, felony murder, and manslaughter. It also discusses assault, battery, stalking, and rape, emphasizing the importance of intent and the circumstances surrounding each crime. Additionally, it touches on non-criminal homicide and suicide, highlighting legal distinctions and mental health considerations.

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Street LAw Unit 2 Chapter 9 Crimes Against Persons

The document outlines various crimes against persons, focusing on homicide and its classifications, including first-degree murder, felony murder, and manslaughter. It also discusses assault, battery, stalking, and rape, emphasizing the importance of intent and the circumstances surrounding each crime. Additionally, it touches on non-criminal homicide and suicide, highlighting legal distinctions and mental health considerations.

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Crimes Against Persons

1
Homicide
• Killing of one human being by another
• Becomes criminal when accompanied
by malice, negligence, or recklessness

2
Malice
• Intent to kill or seriously harm
• Acting in a reckless manner
• Lack of regard for human life

3
First-degree murder
• Premeditated
• Deliberate
• Done w/ malice

4
Felony Murder
• Killing that takes place during a
commission of another specified crime
• No intent to kill needed

5
Second-degree Murder
• Malice
• No premeditation or deliberation
• Intent came at the moment of the
murder
• Crime of “passion”

6
Voluntary Manslaughter
• Victim does something to provoke
• Loss of self-control
• No cooling down period
• Words are not enough

7
Involuntary Manslaughter
• Unintentional killing
• Conduct is so reckless as to cause death
• “Knowingly playing with a loaded gun”

8
Negligent homicide
• Negligence: failure to exercise a
reasonable or ordinary amount of care
• Causes harm
• Gross (extreme) negligence: e.g.,
vehicular homicide

9
Non-criminal Homicide
• Justifiable or excusable
• Self-defense, war

10
Suicide
• Attempted suicide is the possible
charge, although rarely charged
• Mental health solutions
• Assisted suicide is chargeable and
punishable
• Prob. 9.1

11
Assault and Battery
• Assault: attempt or threat to carry out
physical attack
• Battery: the physical contact
• Intent is key
• Actual injury is not necessary

12
Stalking
• Form of harassment
• Repeatedly following, harassing, making
threats, causing fear of death or bodily
injury
Not in your edition of the text:
• Bullying, a version of assault/battery,
form of intimidation

13
Rape
• Unlawful sexual intercourse, otherwise
known as statutory rape:
– Male and or female may be willing but
unable to legally consent because of age
• Forcible rape: intercourse without
consent
• Recent changes in how the actions of
perpetrator/victim are viewed
• Prob. 9.2
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