Schmalleger, Frank.

Criminal law today : An introduction with Capstone cases / Frank Schmalleger - Boston : Prentice Hall, c2002 - xx, 747 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.



CONTENT

Chapter 1. The nature and history of criminal law

Chapter 2. Criminal liability and the essence of crime

Chapter 3. Expanding the concept of crime

Chapter 4. Extending criminal liability : inchoate offenses and parties to crime

Chapter 5. Justifications as defenses

Chapter 6. Defenses : excuses and insanity

Chapter 7. Legal and social dimensions of personal crime : homicide

Chapter 8. Legal and social dimensions of personal crime : assault, battery, and other personal crimes

Chapter 9. Legal and social dimensions of property and computer crimes

Chapter 10. Offenses against public order and the administration of justice

Chapter 11. Terrorism and human trafficking

Chapter 12. Offenses against public morality

Chapter 13. Victims and the law

Chapter 14. Punishment and sentencing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Criminal law--United States.

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