Criminal homicide classifications.pptx - Homicide...

Homicide
Investigat
ion
Steps to becoming an effective criminal
investigator
In this class we will be :
Identifying and classifying various homicides
Following a case and making expert decisions on
the classification
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Classificati
ons of a
Homicide
Criminal- Criminal homicide includes murder and manslaughter.
Murder- The killing of another human being with malice aforethought. This
crime is one of the few that’s penalty is life imprisonment or death.
Manslaughter- The unlawful killing of another person with no prior malice. This
could be voluntary manslaughter or non voluntary manslaughter .Voluntary
manslaughter is intentionally caused by intense passion Non voluntary
manslaughter is unintentional homicide caused by criminal negligence
Non-Criminal Homicide- causing death through criminal negligence, no intent
to kill. -
Justifiable Manslaughter- The killing was truly accidental and justified because
they were acting under the law
Excusable Manslaughter – The unintentional , truly accidental killing of another
person
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Criminal
Homicide
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Criminal Homicide- Criminal
homicide may be classified as
murder, manslaughter, or criminally
negligent homicide. A person
commits criminal homicide if he
intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or
with criminal negligence causes the
death of another person.
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Murder
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1
st
degree willful premeditated and
deliberate. How long is premeditated
considered to be
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2
nd
kill or cause rave bodily harm
that results to
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