Nature of crime
A supplementary legal studies resource, where students explore the meaning, elements and categories of crime.
Students learn about:
- the meaning of crime
- the elements of crime: actus reus, mens rea
- strict liability offences
- causation
- categories of crime including
offences against the person, offences against the sovereign, economic offences (property/white collar/computer), drug offences, driving offences, public order offences, preliminary crimes (attempts and conspiracy) - summary and indictable offences
- parties to a crime including principal in the first degree, principal in the second degree, accessory before the fact, accessory after the fact
- factors affecting criminal behaviour
- crime prevention: situational and social
Syllabus
Please note:
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Legal Studies Stage 6 Syllabus (2009) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales