Most
students
commencing
legal
studies
will
have
some
experience
of
crime
,
whether
directly
,
as
a
victim
of
crime
or
indirectly
through
exposure
to
media
coverage
.
This
means
that
most
offences
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on
the
syllabus
,
such
as
murder
,
theft
and
rape
will
be
familiar
terms
.
This
tends
to
give
students
the
impression
that
they
know
more
about
criminal
law
than
they
do
about
other
subjects
on
the
syllabus
.
This
can
be
a
real
disadvantage
in
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of
the
academic
study
of
criminal
law
because
it
tends
to
lead
students
to
rely
on
preconceived
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of
the
nature
and
scope
of
the
offences
and
to
reach
instinctive
,
but
often
legally
inaccurate
,
conclusions
.
It
is
absolutely
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to
success
in
criminal
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that
you
put
aside
any
prior
knowledge
of
the
offences
and
focus
on
the
principles
of
law
derived
from
statutes
and
cases
.
By
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this
,
you
will
soon
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just
how
much
difference
there
is
between
everyday
conceptions
of
crime
and
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actuality
.
