Principles of Criminal Law
ISBN: 9780205582570 | 0205582575
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 12/13/2007
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This paperback text, briefer and significantly less expensive than its competitors, presents the basic concepts and principles of criminal law. The authors present the material in a straightforward and easy-to-read-and-understand format. They provide prevailing positions on specific issues, without going into lengthy explanations of majority and minority positions. This clarity of presentation allows them to include material not often found in other criminal law texts, such as white collar crime, victimless crime, political crime, and non- poli... MORE
| Preface | p. vii |
| Sources of Criminal Law | p. 1 |
| Punishment | p. 3 |
| Principles of Criminal Responsibility | p. 5 |
| Morals Versus Law | p. 5 |
| Classification of Crimes | p. 7 |
| Origins of Criminal Law | p. 11 |
| Case Law | p. 15 |
| Reform of Criminal Law | p. 17 |
| Police Powers of Government | p. 18 |
| Summary | p. 20... MORE |
| Additional Assignments | p. 20 |
| Practicum | p. 21 |
| Notes | p. 21 |
| Worldwide Web Sites for Legal Resources | p. 21 |
| Limitations on Criminal Liability | p. 23 |
| Bill of Rights | p. 25 |
| Eighth Amendment | p. 26 |
| Due Process | p. 26 |
| Jurisdiction | p. 27 |
| Social Harm | p. 32 |
| Right to Privacy | p. 33 |
| Legality | p. 34 |
| Equal Protection | p. 35 |
| Double Jeopardy | p. 36 |
| Summary | p. 37 |
| Additional Assignments | p. 38 |
| Practicum | p. 39 |
| Notes | p. 39 |
| Basic Requirements of a Criminal Act | p. 40 |
| Act-Actus Reus | p. 42 |
| Intent-Mens Rea | p. 46 |
| Joinder of Intent and Act | p. 53 |
| Causation | p. 54 |
| Presumptions | p. 55 |
| Vertical Growth of Criminal Codes | p. 58 |
| Summary | p. 58 |
| Additional Assignments | p. 59 |
| Practicum | p. 60 |
| Notes | p. 60 |
| Inchoate or Anticipatory Crimes and Criminal Liability | p. 62 |
| Attempt | p. 64 |
| Solicitation | p. 70 |
| Conspiracy | p. 74 |
| Accomplices and Accessories | p. 80 |
| Comparing and Contrasting Inchoate Crimes | p. 85 |
| Summary | p. 86 |
| Additional Assignments | p. 87 |
| Practicum | p. 87 |
| Notes | p. 88 |
| Defenses | |
| Criminal Responsibility | p. 92 |
| Justification and Excuse | p. 106 |
| Procedural Defenses | p. 121 |
| Summary | p. 123 |
| Additional Assignments | p. 125 |
| Practicum | p. 125 |
| Notes | p. 125 |
| Homicide | p. 127 |
| Murder | p. 129 |
| Felony-Murder | p. 139 |
| Voluntary Manslaughter | p. 143 |
| Involuntary Manslaughter | p. 146 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | p. 148 |
| Special Problems in Homicide | p. 151 |
| Comparing and Contrasting Homicides | p. 153 |
| Summary | p. 154 |
| Additional Assignments | p. 154 |
| Practicum | p. 155 |
| Notes | p. 155 |
| Sex Offenses | p. 157 |
| Rape | p. 159 |
| Sodomy and Oral Copulation | p. 169 |
| Other Sexual Acts and Offenses | p. 174 |
| Summary | p. 178 |
| Additional Assignments | p. 179 |
| Practicum | p. 180 |
| Notes | p. 180 |
| Other Crimes Against Persons | p. 182 |
| Kidnapping | p. 184 |
| False Imprisonment | p. 187 |
| Trafficking in Humans | p. 189 |
| Stalking | p. 190 |
| Assault and Battery | p. 194 |
| Aggravated Assault and Battery | p. 196 |
| Mayhem | p. 197 |
| Summary | p. 199 |
| Additional Assignments | p. 200 |
| Practicum | p. 200 |
| Notes | p. 201 |
| Robbery, Extortion, and Bribery | p. 202 |
| Robbery | p. 204 |
| Extortion | p. 212 |
| Special Problems in Robbery and Extortion | p. 218 |
| Bribery | p. 219 |
| Summary | p. 220 |
| Additional Assignments | p. 220 |
| Practicum | p. 221 |
| Notes | p. 221 |
| Theft and Other Crimes Involving Property | p. 222 |
| Larceny | p. 224 |
| Embezzlement | p. 229 |
| False Pretenses | p. 231 |
| Consolidation of Theft Offenses | p. 231 |
| Receiving Stolen Property | p. 233 |
| Forgery | p. 233 |
| Money Laundering | p. 236 |
| Counterfeiting | p. 238 |
| Identity Theft | p. 239 |
| Federal and State Racketeering Laws | p. 240 |
| Summary | p. 242 |
| Additional Assignments | p. 242 |
| Practicum | p. 243 |
| Notes | p. 243 |
| Crimes Against Habitation | p. 244 |
| Burglary | p. 246 |
| Arson | p. 256 |
| Special Problems in Crimes Against Habitation | p. 264 |
| Summary | p. 266 |
| Additional Assignments | p. 266 |
| Practicum | p. 267 |
| Notes | p. 267 |
| Crimes Against Public Morals | p. 269 |
| Obscenity | p. 270 |
| Prostitution | p. 275 |
| Games of Chance | p. 277 |
| Public Corruption | p. 281 |
| Under Color of Law | p. 281 |
| Summary | p. 283 |
| Additional Assignments | p. 283 |
| Practicum | p. 283 |
| Notes | p. 284 |
| Narcotic and Alcohol Offenses | p. 285 |
| Narcotic Offenses | p. 287 |
| Alcohol Offenses | p. 299 |
| Solutions | p. 305 |
| Summary | p. 310 |
| Additional Assignments | p. 311 |
| Practicum | p. 311 |
| Notes | p. 311 |
| Special Crimes and Offenses | p. 313 |
| Child Abuse | p. 314 |
| Elder Abuse | p. 320 |
| Spousal Abuse | p. 324 |
| Summary | p. 331 |
| Additional Assignments | p. 331 |
| Practicum | p. 332 |
| Notes | p. 332 |
| Sentencing and Punishment | p. 335 |
| Introduction to Sentencing | p. 338 |
| Types of Sentences | p. 343 |
| Incarceration and Its Alternatives | p. 347 |
| Victim Rights | p. 351 |
| The Death Penalty | p. 354 |
| Summary | p. 363 |
| Additional Assignments | p. 364 |
| Practicum | p. 364 |
| Notes | p. 365 |
| Case Index | p. 367 |
| Subject Index | p. 370 |
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