Title: Identify felonies and misdemeanors, including traffic violations.
Course: Criminal Justice I (15051-I) > Section: Understanding the Rule of Law

Identification should include

- the legal definitions of felony and misdemeanor
- 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, and what class of felony is it?
- What are examples of misdemeanors? How is each example punishable, and to what class of misdemeanor does it belong?
- How many classes of felonies and of misdemeanors are there? 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?