Legal Causation

  

Using a minimum of 3 recent scholarly peered reviewed article less than 5yrs old for DQ 1 and 3 scholarly peer-reviewed article for DQ 2 must be cited using APA format 750 words for each topic DQ 1 and DQ2   It should be written separately Note: Please see reading references below:  

Topic 3 DQ1 

Discuss the purpose of legal causation. How does legal causation assist in prosecuting criminals? What is a dependent intervening cause?

Topic 3 DQ2 

Discuss the distinction between the principle, the accessory before the fact, and after the fact. Describe how modern American law treats these individuals. 

Please see the attached study materials

  

Reading Assignments:

Read Chapters 4, 5, and 6 in Contemporary Criminal Law.

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Read “Criminal Responsibility” by Lukash from Wiley Series of Encyclopedias in Criminology and Criminal Justice: The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice (2014)

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 Read “Accomplices and Accessories” by Time from Salem Press Encyclopedia (2017).

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