Daniel M'Naghten
Daniel M'Naghten was acquitted of the murder of a person he had mistaken for his real target, Sir Robert Peel, then the Prime Minister of Great Britain. M'Naghten claimed that he was delusional at the time of the killing. Go to http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/ web/mnaghten.htm and research the M'Naghten case. Explain the insanity defense in that case and give your opinion about the court's ruling.

Crime on Campus
Go to the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Post Secondary Education Campus Security Statistics website at www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/campus.html for information and statistics on reported criminal offenses at colleges and universities across the United States. What do the statistics say about crime at schools in your area?

Gallup Crime Polls
The Gallup Organization conducts public opinion polls on a variety of topics that affect Americans. You can learn more about the public's view of crime issues by visiting the Gallup website at www.gallup.com. What connection, if any, is there between public opinion toward crime and crime statistics?