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General Criminal Statutes

NCJ Number
139980
Date Published
1992
Length
30 pages
Annotation
This manual is intended to assist instructors in developing an appropriate lesson plan for nine performance objectives on California criminal law; the performance objectives are included in the basic police training course of the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
Abstract
Topics covered include the California law defining an attempt to commit crimes, conspiracies to commit crimes, and solicitation to commit crimes. Other topics include disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, public nuisance, disturbing a public meeting, obstruction of a sidewalk or street, and gaming violations. The text defines and explains terms, including excerpts from the text of the law and discussing judicial decisions on the subject. Attached definitions of conspiracy and disturbing the peace and 14 references