Criminal Law Today : An Introduction with Capstone Cases

by Schmalleger, Frank

• ISBN13: 9780137275205
• ISBN10: 013727520X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Text written for a Basic Introduction to Criminal Law Course covering everything from the nature and history of criminal law to victims to punishing and sentencing.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: The Nature and History of Criminal Law	xxvi
CHAPTER 2: Criminal Liability and the Essence of Crime	34	(34)
CHAPTER 3: Expanding the Concept of Crime	68	(22)
CHAPTER 4: Extending Criminal Liability: Inchoate Offenses and Parties to Crime	90	(44)
CHAPTER 5: Justifications as Defenses	134	(28)
CHAPTER 6: Excuses as Defenses	162	(56)
CHAPTER 7: The Defense of Insanity	218	(36)
CHAPTER 8: Legal and Social Dimensions of Personal Crime: Homicide	254	(34)
CHAPTER 9: Legal and Social Dimensions of Personal Crime: Assault, Battery, and Other Personal Crimes	288	(44)
CHAPTER 10: Legal and Social Dimensions of Property and Computer Crimes	332	(56)
CHAPTER 11: Offenses Against Public Order and the Administration of Justice	388	(46)
CHAPTER 12: Offenses Against Public Morality	434	(42)
CHAPTER 13: Victims and the Law	476	(48)
CHAPTER 14: Punishment and Sentencing	524	(42)
APPENDIX A: The Constitution of the United States of America	566	(14)
APPENDIX B: Model Penal Code Excerpts	580	(59)
GLOSSARY	639	(24)
TABLE OF CASES	663	(2)
SUBJECT INDEX	665