A very short introduction -- Nature of criminal law -- Elements of a crime -- Strict liability crimes -- Mistake of fact -- Mistake of law -- Causation -- Homicide : an overview -- Homicide : murder -- Manslaughter -- Felony murder and misdemeanor manslaughter (unlawful law doctrine)-- Attempt -- Solicitation and other inchoate offenses -- Accomplice liability -- Conspiracy -- Introduction to defenses, self-defense, and defense of another -- Defense of property, law enforcement defenses, and necessity -- Duress -- Insanity -- Intoxication, infancy, and entrapment -- Rape -- Theft crimes -- Other crimes against person and property -- Sentencing and the death penalty -- Closing closers