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.