Title: Identify felonies, misdemeanors, and infractions.
Course: Public Safety I (15101-I) > Section: CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Understanding the Rule of Law

Identification should include

- the legal definitions of felony, misdemeanor, and infraction
- the classes of felonies and misdemeanors
- violations according to the Code of Virginia
- location of a code by definition and by code number.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are examples of felonies? How is each example punishable?
- What are examples of misdemeanors? How is each example punishable?
- How many classes of felonies and of misdemeanors exist? Which class is most serious?
- Who is responsible for interpreting the Code of Virginia?
- What consequences may arise from citing a crime by the wrong code number?
- Why is it important to check the subsections and exemptions of the code?
- How would one go about locating a particular crime in the online Code of Virginia?