Due Date: 11:59 p.m. EST, Sunday of Unit 3 Points: 100 Overview: This assignment requires you to complete the assigned reading and answer questions based on what you have learned. Instructions:

• Fill in the attached template. • Answer each of the following 5 questions in a short answer essay format. Be

sure to use examples to support your analysis. o What are the purposes of our criminal justice system? In your opinion, is one

goal more important than another? o Can a criminal defendant be prosecuted twice for the same act? o Define each of the following: white collar crime, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and

RICO. o What is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act? o What is a whistleblower? What conflicting ethical duties might a whistleblower

encounter?

Requirements:

• Use APA format for non-legal sources such as the textbook. Use Bluebook citation format for any legal citations.

• Submit a Word document using the template. • Maximum two pages in length, excluding the Reference page.

Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.

LAW204 – Business Law I

Criminal Law

Evaluation Rubric for Criminal Law Assignment

CRITERIA Deficient Needs Improvement

Proficient Exemplary

0 – 44 Points 45 – 59 Points 60 – 74 Points

75 Points

Analysis Does not concisely and clearly answers the questions.

Somewhat concisely and clearly answers the questions.

Mostly concisely, succinctly, and clearly answers the questions.

Concisely, succinctly, and clearly answers the questions.

0 – 5 points 6 – 7 points 8 – 9 points 10 points Paper Length More than 2

pages

n/a n/a 2 pages or less

0 – 8 points 9 – 11 points 12 – 14 points

15 points

Clear and Professional Writing and APA/Bluebook Format

Errors impede professional presentation; guidelines not followed.

Significant errors that do not impede professional presentation.

Few errors that do not impede professional presentation.

Writing and format are clear, professional, APA/Bluebook compliant, and error free.