Controversial Areas in Criminal Law

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Controversial Areas in Criminal Law

You submitted a Project topic (Option 1 or 2). Now, you can examine controversial areas in criminal law as a backdrop to your preparation for the final Project paper due in last week of the course.

1. Select one of the following topics for research. Note: you can generate your own selection as well but be sure that it is truly a controversial area in criminal law and not a well-settled doctrine. If you are unclear, ask your instructor before you begin working on this deliverable.

· treating status offenses as crimes

· hate crimes and proving mens rea

· cultural defenses

· euthanasia: crime or compassionate act?

· fraternity hazing: shared criminal liability or simply a bad choice?

2. Address why your chosen area of criminal law is controversial. Identify one case outside of your hypothetical case in Week 8 as it relates to this topic

· Your paper should be 2-3 pages in length and conform to APA format

· Include at least two scholarly references in addition to the course textbook.