We will cover two general areas in this class: “Crimes Against Property” and “Criminal Defenses.” While this class is labeled "Class #2", you can take this as stand-alone class.

(This is a combination of Introduction into Criminal Law Part 4 and Part 5 for those who have taken my summer camp classes! If you are looking for reviews on this class, you can search "Mike Traywick" and look at Part 4 and Part 5)

For the first half of the class, we will study “Crimes Against Property.”

What is the difference between larceny (and what is larceny?) and embezzlement? 

Can you be charged with Receipt of Stolen Property if you didn't know it was stolen? 

We will explore all of this and more in an interactive and exciting way. 

We will be studying the common law version of these crimes as they may be different in every state or country (which we will also explore).

I will provide a discussion outline that has mini-case studies on it that will help students work through these concepts. 

I will accompany the discussion outline with a PowerPoint presentation, but this is not a lecture-based class. 

There may be brief points where I teach on concepts, but I will engage every student individually and in groups in working through these concepts with me, and we will work in small groups from time-to-time as well.

We will then do some practical exercises (lots of them, depending on how quickly we get through the outline).

As this is discussion based, the class schedule will be a bit fluid. Sometimes, students will bring up interesting and relevant points that we will explore because it enhances the overall experience. Sometimes, students will understand the topics clearly, and we will move through the topics quicker than expected.

But here is the general overview of the schedule (subject to change based on my schedule):

Week 1 (August 20 - August 26): Introduction and  Larceny
- Introduction to the class and Expectations
- Larceny

Week 2 (August 27 - September 2): Embezzlement
- Embezzlement
- Practice Problems

Week 3 (September 3 - September 9): Receipt of Stolen Property and Burglary
- Receipt of Stolen Property
- Burglary

Week 4 (September 10 - September 16 ): Practice Problems
- Receipt of Stolen Property and Burglary problems

Week 5 (September 17 - September 23): Robbery and Arson
- Robbery
- Arson

Week 6 (September 24 - September 30): Put Your Knowledge to the Test!
- We will finish up any bit of the outline not yet completed 
- Work on fact patterns to check our understanding
- May also do research on state or country laws to see the difference between the elements

Week 7 (October 1 - October 7): More Practice Problems
- Practice more scenarios to get the concepts down

For the last 9 weeks, we will cover “Criminal Defenses.”

What is a criminal defense? A criminal defense is used when you have committed a crime, but you have a reason that you are either not responsible for your actions (insanity, intoxication, etc.) or you have a justification or excuse for your actions (self-defense, defense of others, consent, etc.). Many people believe that if you claim insanity as a defense, you can go free. But is that what really happens? That's just one of the things you will learn in this class.

Here is the general overview of the schedule (:

Week 8 (October 8 - October 14): Responsibility Defenses
- Introduction to the class and Expectations
- Insanity Defenses

Week 9 (October 15 - October 21): Responsibility Defenses continued
- Intoxication
- Infancy

Week 10 (October 22 - October 28): Justification and Excuse Defenses
- Duress
- Necessity
- Self-Defense

Week 11 (October 29 - November 4): Justification and Excuse Defenses continued
- Defense of Others
- Defense of Property
- Consent

Week 12 (November 5 - November 11): Justification and Excuse Defenses continued
- Maintaining Domestic Authority
- Entrapment

Week 13 (November 12 - November 18): Practice problems for Application
- Scenarios to identify Defenses and practice knowledge

Week 14 (November 19 - November 25): More Practice Problems
- Practice problems

Week 15 (November 26 - December 2):
- More complicated problems

Week 16 (December 3 - December 9):
- More complicated practice problems