09 Sep Criminl
Statutory Elements for Crimes Against Persons
Description: For this discussion, you will return to Lexis-Nexis Academic under the Danforth Library databases that we
accessed during the first week of class.
You will locate the statutory provisions that describe the actus reus and mens rea for one of the crimes against
persons that we are studying this week
To conduct your research, you need do the following
Log onto www.nec.edu, click on Students, Faculty & Staff (My NEC) in the upper right-hand corner
Scroll down and click Danforth Library under the “On Campus” section and then click Online Resources under
“More Library Information”
Scroll down to “Danforth Databases” and click under Lexis-Nexis Academic
Enter your six-digit NEC ID # and log in
On the top right of the Lexis-Nexis Academic page, click under Search by Content Type and then under State
Statutes and Regulations
Then click on Advanced Options, which is located under the Search Box
Check off “Statutory Code” and then click under a state of your choice that you will use to find a statute
You will conduct a search concerning the elements for one of the crimes against persons that we have considered this
week by entering search terms such as homicide, murder, manslaughter, rape, assault, battery, kidnapping, false
imprisonment, etc. into the “Quick Find” Search Box.
From the list that appears, locate the statutory provision that lists the elements for the crime that you selected and click
under the document. You might need to narrow your search by adding additional terms such as “elements” or “crime”
into the “Search within result” box on the upper right-hand side of the page. Look through the items that are returned on
your search until you find the statutory provision that lists the acts and intent for the crime you have selected. Since you
should be familiarizing yourself with new terminology, you should be able to easily eliminate statutory provisions that
are not related to the elements of the crime you are looking for. Don’t give up. Sometimes all you need to do is change
to a different state.
Copy and paste the statutory provisions you found into a Word document or other word processing program, so that
you can use this to prepare your initial response. You do not need to copy anything but the specific statutory provisions
related to the elements of the crime; so, for example, you do not need to copy anything you find below the History
section.
To complete the discussion you will do the following:
Read the statute
For your initial response, indicate the state statute you are reviewing, include a copy of the statute in your initial
response, discuss the actus reus and mens rea necessary for the commission of the crime you selected, and briefly
discuss how the statutory actus reus and mens rea differ from the elements of the crime you selected as illustrated in
your textbook
For your responses to at least two other classmates, point out an area of the statute each student selected that is not
very clear. Consider your responses in terms of what you are learning about the specific acts and levels of intent or
culpability for particular crimes. Is there something that you believe is missing or might provide a defense attorney
with an argument to get around the statutory provisions? You should compare the statute to what you are learning
about the required actus reus and mens rea for various crimes against persons for both common law and modern
law
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