A Criminal Attempt

Overview:You and your best friend realize that you are in need of money. So, the two of you decide that you willrob the First National Bank on Monday. You get a map of the bank, you borrow a car and your friendgets a gun. Then, you write a hold-up note on a piece of paper. Monday arrives, your friend parksoutside the bank in the borrowed car waiting for you. You walk in with the note in your pocket and thegun concealed under your clothes. You approach the teller and she says, “May I help you?” Just thenyou say, “Oh, I forgot my account passbook.” You then walk out of the bank, get into the car and say,“Let’s get out of here!” A relative of yours calls the police and indicates that you and your friend just wentto do the bank job. Later that day, the police pick both of you up for the attempted bank robberyInstructions:Basedon the elements of the crime of criminal attempt: 1. Describe the elements of Attempt and howthey may or may not apply to this case. 2. Explain whether or not you have committed Attempted BankRobbery. 3. Discuss whether you have committed any other crimes as well as any crimes your friendhas committed. 4. Explain whether you or your friend qualify for a defense for your actions, and if so,identify the defense that applies for each of your actions. (Legal impossibility, Voluntary Abandonment,etc.)Requirements:The assignment shall be in APA format, typed in 12 font Times New Roman, and shall not have beenturned in previously to any other instructor for any other course or assignment. Paper length is 1-2pages not to include the cover page or bibliography. It is to be submitted as a Microsoft WordDocument. The assignment shall be an individual effort and not a group project. Since criminal justice isa social science, the writing requirements of the American Psychological Association, otherwise knownas the APA, will be in effect for the research paper assignment.