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Criminal Law Today: An Introduction with Capstone Cases, 3/E
ISBN-10: 0131702874
ISBN-13: 9780131702875
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2006
Format: Cloth; 768 pp
Published: 06/22/2005
Featuring a balanced text/casebook approach to meet the needs of instructors who prefer a textbook and instructors that prefer a casebook, Criminal Law Today 3e gives students and instructors an accessible, lively introduction to criminal law. Chapter-opening real-life stories and boxed features that illustrate criminal law in practice help students connect criminal law to real life, and a complete suite of in-text learning tools give students the resources they need to master the material presented in the text.
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Schmalleger, Hall & Dolatowski J.D.,
Criminal Law Today, 4/E
A balanced text/casebook approach–Features an accessible, comprehensive overview of criminal law supplemented by numerous chapter-ending “Capstone Cases.”
Chapter-opening real-life stories–Capture students’ attention and introduce concepts and issues that will be discussed in each chapter.
Numerous photographs and illustrations provide visual reinforcement for the issues and concepts presented in the text.
Boxed features engage students by showing the criminal law in practice--“Criminal Law in the News” boxes feature stories ripped from today’s headlines that illustrate important concepts presented in the text; “Law in Practice” boxes illustrate real-life examples of criminal law in action; “Law on the Books” boxes present specific examples of various criminal codes from across the United States.
A full suite of chapter learning tools to help students understand the issues and concepts presented in the text--Chapter opening materials include chapter outlines, objectives and key concepts; Chapter ending materials include chapter summaries, discussion questions, legal resources on the World Wide Web and suggested readings and classic works; A running glossary in included in the margins throughout the text, and a comprehensive glossary appears at the end of the text.
An award-winning Companion Website integrated with the book--“Web Extra!” icons throughout the text direct students to the Companion Website’s library of the most current legal information available on the World Wide Web; The Companion Website also features a complete online study guide to help students master the material presented in the text.
Original illustrations provide visual representations of a number of important concepts.
Updated end-of-chapter “Capstone Cases”--Including Payne v. Tennessee (U.S. Supreme Court, 1991); U.S. v. Hanousek (9th Circuit, 1999); Kansas v. Davidson (Supreme Court of Kansas, 1999); Maine v. Michaud (Supreme Court of Maine, 1992); In re John Z. (California Supreme Court, 2003); Clark v. Carey (9th Circuit, 2004); U.S. v. Corona-Sanchez (9th Circuit, 2002); and Lawrence v. Texas (U.S. Supreme Court, 2003).
Updated “Criminal Law in the News” boxes--Including stories about former South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow; Islamic Law; innovative defenses; exculpatory mental states; right-to-die legislation; rape shield laws; high-technology crime; and more.
A completely new section on terrorism and the law--Including terrorist activity as defined under federal law, and relevant provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001.
Added discussion of the Support Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (the SAFETY Act).
Updated and expanded discussion of high-technology crime and computer crime laws--Including the Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2002 (part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002).
Updated information on tort liability action against handgun manufacturers.
Revised discussion of laws against sodomy and same-sex sexual behavior--Including the far-reaching 2003 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Lawrence v. Texas.
Updated discussion of criminal homicide involving an unborn fetus--Including the federal Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004.
Updated discussion of the medical marijuana controversy.
A revised and updated discussion of the ‘Legal Essence of Criminal Conduct.’
A substantially enhanced discussion of ex post facto laws.
Updated discussion of the legal concept of entrapment.
Greatly enhanced discussion of victims' rights--Including the federal Crime Victims Rights Act (part of the Justice for All Act of 2004).
Greatly enhanced discussion of the role of juries in sentencing in the wake of the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court cases of U.S. v. Booker and U.S. v. Fanfan
Added new sections (in Chapter 11) on Teenage Curfew and Illegal Entry into the United States.
Updated discussion of the nature of criminal conspiracy.
Added discussion of the ‘Doctrine of Settled Insanity.’
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
About the Author.
1. The Nature and History of Criminal Law.
Introduction
What is Criminal Law?
Types of Crime
Types of Law
The Purpose of Law
Moral Enterprise
The Role of Criminal Law
The Rule of Law
Historical Sources of Today’s Law
Natural Law
Early Codes
Common Law
The U.S. Constitution
The Federal System
The Model Penal Code
Summary
Questions for Discussion
Legal Resources on the World Wide Web
Suggested Readings and Classic Works
How to Brief a Case
2. Criminal Liability and the Essence of Crime.
Introduction
The Adversarial System
Standards and Proof
Criminal Liability
The Legal Essence of Criminal Conduct
The Criminal Act
State of Mind
Concurrence
Summary
Questions of Discussion
Legal Resources of the World Wide Web
Suggested Readings and Classic Works
Capstone Cases
3. Expanding the Concept of Crime.
Introduction
Corpus Delicti
Additional Elements of Crime
Causation
Resulting Harm
The Principle of Legality
Necessary Attendant Circumstances
Summary
Questions for Discussion
Legal Resources for the World Wide Web
Suggested Readings and Classic Works
Capstone Cases
4. Extending Criminal Liability: Inchoate Offenses and Parties of Crime.
Introduction
Criminal Attempt
The Act Requirement
Preparation
Defenses
Completed Offense
Punishment
Criminal Conspiracy
Doctrine of Complicity
Elements of the Crime
Plurality Requirement
Required Intent
Parties of Conspiracy
Duration of Conspiracy
Criminal Solicitation
Parties of Crime
Relationship of Complicity
Accomplice Liability
Accessory
The Criminal Liability of Corporations
Vicarious Liability
Summary
Questions for Discussion
Legal Resources on the World Wide Web
Suggested Readings and Classic Works
Capstone Cases
5. Justifications as Defenses.
Introduction
Types of Defenses
The Nature of Defense
Justification as a Defense
Necessity
Self-Defense
Defense of Others
Defense of Home and Property
Resisting Unlawful Arrest
Consent
Summary
Questions for Discussion
Legal Research on the World Wide Web
Suggested Readings and Classic Works
Capstone Cases
6. Excuses as Defenses.
Introduction
The Nature of Excuses
Categories of Excuses
Duress
Intoxication
Mistake
Age
Entrapment
Syndrome-Based Defense Enhancements
Summary
Questions for Discussion
Legal Resources on the World Wide Web
Suggested Readings and Classic Works
Capstone Cases
7. The Defense of Insanity.
Introduction
Competency to Stand Trial
Purpose of the Insanity Defense
The Insanity Defense – A Common Misunderstanding
What is Insanity?
History of the Insanity Defense
The M’Naughten Rule – Knowing Right from Wrong
Control Rules – The Irresistible Impulse Test
The Durham Rule – Crime as a Product of Mental Disease
The ALI Test – Substantial Capacity
Guilty by Mentally Ill (GBMI)
The Doctrine of Settled Insanity
Diminished Capacity
How Widely Used is the Insanity Defense?
Consequences of an Insanity Finding
Abolishing the Insanity Defense
Summary
Questions for Discussion
8. Legal and Social Dimensions of Personal Crime: Homicide.
Introduction
Criminal Homicide
Corpus Delicti
Taking a Life
Defining “Death”
Time of Death
Proximate Cause and Homicide
Murder
Malice Aforethought
Capital Murder
Felony Murder
Manslaughter
Voluntary Manslaughter
Involuntary Manslaughter
Negligent Homicide
Vehicular Homicide
Suicide
Summary
Questions for Discussion
Legal Resources for the World Wide Web
Suggested Readings and Classic Works
Capstone Cases
8. Legal and Social Dimensions of Personal Crime: Assault, Battery, and Other Personal Crime.
Introduction
Assault, Battery, and Mayhem
Assault
Placing Another in Fear
Conditional Assaults
Aggravated Assaults
Attempted Assaults
Antistalking Statutes
Battery
Aggravated Battery
Mayhem
Sex Offenses
Rape
Same-Sex Rape
Rape Shield Laws
Sexual Assault
Kidnapping and False Imprisonment
Kidnapping
False Imprisonment
Terrorism
Terrorism and the Law
The USA PATRIOT Act
Summary
Questions for Discussion
Legal Resources for the World Wide Web
Suggested Readings and Classic Works
Capstone Cases
10. Legal and Social Dimensions of Property and Computer Crime.
Introduction
Theft Crimes
Larceny
Embezzlement
False Pretenses
Forgery
Receiving Stolen Property
Robbery
Extortion
Identity Theft – A New Type of Theft
Consolidation of Theft Crimes
Burglary
Arson
Computer and High-Technology Crimes
Early Computer Crime Cases
Computer Crime Laws
Types of Computer Crimes
Federal Cybercrime Enforcement Agencies
Internet-Based Crime
Summary
Questions for Discussion
Legal Resources for the World Wide Web
Suggested Readings and Classic Works
Capstone Cases
11. Offenses Against Public Orders and the Administration of Justice.
Introduction
Crimes Against Public Order
Breach of Peace and Disorderly Conduct
Fighting and Affray
Public Intoxication
Alcohol and Drug Laws
Riot and Unlawful Assembly
Vagrancy and Loitering
Teenage Curfew
Weapons Carrying
Illegal Entry into the United States
Crimes Against the Administration of Government
Treason
Perjury and Contempt
Obstruction of Justice
Escape
Misconduct in Office and Bribery
Summary
Questions for Discussion
Legal Resources for the World Wide Web
Suggested Readings and Classic Works
Capstone Cases
12. Offenses Against Public Morality.
Introduction
Crimes Against Public Decency and Morality
Prostitution
Pornography, Obscenity, and Lewdness
Other Consensual Sex Offenses
Gambling and Gaming
Controlled Substances
A Critique of Laws Regulating Public Morality
Summary
Questions for Discussion
Legal Resources for the World Wide Web
Suggested Readings and Classic Works
Capstone Cases
13. Victims and Law.
Introduction
Who is a Victim?
A Short History of the Victim
The Philosophy of Victim Compensation
Victims’ Assistance Programs Today
Victims’ Rights
The Growth of Victims’ Rights
“Son of Sam” Laws
Victim Impact Statements
Victim Statistics
The National Crime Victimization Society
Violence Against Women
Young Black Male Victims
Elderly Victims
The Uniform Crime Reports
Restitution
The Restoration Movement
Summary
Questions for Discussion
Legal Resources for the World Wide Web
Capstone Cases
14. Punishment and Sentencing.
Introduction
Sentencing Rationales
Retribution
Deterrence
Rehabilitation
Restoration
Incapacitation
Imposing Criminal Sanctions
Federal Sentencing Practices
The Role of the Jury in Sentencing Enhancements
Truth in Sentencing
Plea Bargaining
Traditional Sentencing Options
Hate Crimes
Capital Punishments
The Courts and Capital Punishment
Limits on Death Row Appeals
Cruel and Unusual Punishments
Intermediate Sanctions
Summary
Questions for Discussion
Legal Resources on the World Wide Web
Suggested Readings and Classic Works
Capstone Cases
Appendix A: Constitution of the United States of America.
Appendix B: Model Penal Code Excerpts.
Glossary.
Table of Cases.
Subject Index.

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