MILITARY JUSTICE CRIMINAL LAW STUDY GUIDE - REVISED

• NCJ Number: 58425
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 446 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of the Navy
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS STUDY GUIDE ADDRESSES THE MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM IN TERMS OF SUBSTANTIVE LAW, ABSENCE OFFENSES, OFFENSES AGAINST PERSONS AND PROPERTY, AND DRUG OFFENSES.

Abstract

ISSUES IN SUBSTANTIVE LAW THAT AFFECT MILITARY JUSTICE ARE ACCUSATIONS, CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS, PLEAS, AND MULTIPLICITY OF CHARGES. ABSENCE OFFENSES PERTAIN TO UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCES, FAILURE TO REPORT AT THE APPOINTED PLACE OF DUTY, GOING FROM THE APPOINTED PLACE OF DUTY, ABSENCE FROM A UNIT OR ORGANIZATION, AGGRAVATED FORMS OF UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCE, AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES TO UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCES, DESERTION, THE MISSING MOVEMENT, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCE AND DESERTION. OFFENSES AGAINST PERSONS IN AUTHORITY DEAL WITH LAWFULNESS, VIOLATION OF GENERAL ORDERS AND REGULATIONS, DERELICTION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES, WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE OF A SUPERIOR'S ORDERS, AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES TO VIOLATIONS OF ORDERS, AND DISRESPECT OF SUPERIORS. OFFENSES AGAINST PERSONS IN GENERAL CONCERN ASSAULT AND BATTERY, SIMPLE ASSAULT, ASSAULT CONSUMMATED BY BATTERY, ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON OR OTHER MEANS LIKELY TO PRODUCE DEATH OR GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM, INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF GRIEVIOUS BODILY HARM, ASSAULT UPON SUPERIORS, AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES TO ALL FORMS OF ASSAULT. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY RELATE TO LARCENY AND WRONGFUL APPROPRIATION, ROBBERY, RECEIVING OR CONCEALING STOLEN PROPERTY, BAD CHECKS, MILITARY PROPERTY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND NONMILITARY PROPERTY, AND HOUSEBREAKING. THE STUDY GUIDE ALSO CONSIDERS DISCIPLINE AND CONDUCT, DRUG OFFENSES, RESISTING APPREHENSION, ESCAPE AND BREACH OFFENSES (ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY, ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT, BREAKING ARREST, BREAKING RESTRICTION, ESCAPE FROM CORRECTIONAL CUSTODY, BREACH OF RESTRAINT DURING CORRECTIONAL CUSTODY, AND BREACH OF ARREST IN QUARTERS), DRUNKENNESS ON DUTY, PROVOKING WORDS AND GESTURES, COMMUNICATING A THREAT, BREACH OF PEACE, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, RIOTS, SENTINEL AND LOOKOUT OFFENSES, AND FALSIFICATION OFFENSES. (DEP)