Affirmative Defenses are sometimes used by a defense attorney in a Criminal Trial. Among these affirmative defenses is “self-defense.” There are several different areas of self-defense including:
- Self-defense generally
- Imperfect self-defense
- Defense of others
- Stand your ground
- Duty to retreat/”the castle doctrine”
- Self-defense in spousal abuse
- Reasonable force and the police
Please select one of these topics and submit it for approval in Week 1. Take a position/stance on the topic. Do research to support your point of view and provide justification for your point of view. Examine how evidence would be used to support the aspect of the affirmative defense you select. Review, present and comment on current legislation or other laws (this can include case studies) that have been enacted on the topic.You will develop your paper using APA format. There is a sample APA paper in the Course Resources section under Getting Started for your review. Additionally, you will be required to turn your rough draft into the Keiser Owl Writing Lab before Thursday at 11:59 p.m. of Week 3.Please review the sample OWL form in the Course Resources section. This form and your paper will be loaded into the Keiser OWL Writing Lab class in the My Organizations area when you first log into Blackboard (you can find this section at the bottom right-hand corner of your page when you log in) once you are ready to have your paper reviewed. Once you have turned your paper in, ensure you check your email daily to retrieve your feedback. This will ensure you have assistance and help in editing and revising your paper.Your paper will have a cover page,an abstract and a reference page. Please cite within your work as needed. I would like for you to use a minimum of five references for this paper. Your paper should be a minimum of five pages in length, double spaced; this does not include your cover page or reference list.This assignment is due by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. of Week 3.
