SOWK 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Homicide

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SOWK 304 Social Welfare Services for Families and the Aged 1/16/18 Day 1

Print out Aging Quiz and Do it on Thursday

CRJU 420

1 paragraph per question within assignments. Critical think and provide justification

Criminal Homicide- Something planned

Justifiable- defending self

Accidental homicide- didn’t mean for it happen.

Murder is the criminal killing of one human by another

oFirst degree is most frequently charged when the act is premeditated, requiring malice

or the intent to do harm.

oSecond-degree murder charges may arise from acts that could foreseeably lead to death

or great bodily harm but were not necessarily intended to do so.

Manslaughter

oA homicide charged as manslaughter typically reflects the judgement of the prosecutor

that the offender lacked malice or premeditation

oExample:

Impulsive or spur-of-the moment. 2nd degree murder

Sanctioned killing of soldiers during a time of war?

The justified use of deadly force by criminal justice officer in the performance of

duty? justifiable

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