Criminal Law and Its Administration

by Inbau, Fred E.; Thompson, James R.; Zagel, James B.; Manak, James P.

• ISBN13: 9781566624022
• ISBN10: 1566624029
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-10-01
• Publisher: Foundation Pr

Summary

Features casebook method of instruction to support criminal justice courses and sequences of courses covering substantive and procedural criminal law. Presents materials in three parts: substantive criminal law, basic concepts regarding proof of guilt, and legal limitation upon law enforcement practices. Affords the opportunity for discussions of wisdom of the law as it now exists and the direction into which it may, or should, be headed.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	iii	(10)
TABLE OF CASES	xiii
PART 1. SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW	1	(548)
1. Outline of Criminal Procedure	1	(16)
2. Constitutional Limitations on the Legislative Power to Create and Define Criminal Offenses	17	(224)
3. Federal Criminal Jurisdiction	241	(62)
4. Homicide	303	(109)
5. Sex Offenses and Related Problems	412	(19)
6. Misappropriation and Related Property Offenses	431	(35)
7. Criminal Responsibility and the Defense of Mental Impairment	466	(52)
8. Uncompleted Criminal Conduct and Criminal Combinations	518	(31)
PART 2. BASIC LEGAL CONCEPTS REGARDING PROOF OF GUILT	549	(34)
9. Reasonable Doubt and Presumptions of Fact	549	(34)
PART 3. LEGAL LIMITATIONS UPON LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES	583	(638)
10. The Limits of Undercover Work	583	(56)
11. Eye-Witness Identification Procedures	639	(54)
12. Criminal Interrogations and Confessions	693	(80)
13. The Law of Arrest	773	(55)
14. Searches and Seizures	828	(244)
15. The Exclusionary Rule and Its Alternatives	1072	(149)
APPENDIX	1221	(4)
INDEX	1225