Criminal Law
Lisa Storm
Law
Criminal Law
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Welcome to Criminal Law, your guide to a fascinating yet challenging topic. This engaging and interactive textbook will enhance your ability to be successful in academics or a career in criminal justice.

Criminal Law uses a two-step process to augment learning, called the applied approach. First, after building a strong foundation from scratch, Criminal Law introduces you to crimes and defenses that have been broken down into separate components. It is so much easier to memorize and comprehend the subject matter when it is simplified this way. However, becoming proficient in the law takes more than just memorization. You must be trained to take the laws you have studied and apply them to various fact patterns. Most students are expected to do this automatically, but application must be seen, experienced, and practiced before it comes naturally. Thus the second step of the applied approach is reviewing examples of the application of law to facts after dissecting and analyzing each legal concept. Some of the examples come from cases, and some are purely fictional. All the examples are memorable, even quirky, so they will stick in your mind and be available when you need them the most (like during an exam). After a few chapters, you will notice that you no longer obsess over an explanation that doesn’t completely make sense the first time you read it—you will just skip to the example. The examples clarify the principles for you, lightening the workload significantly.

Current versions including print are available via the author's web site.

Language
English
ISBN
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Criminal Law
Publisher Information
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to Criminal Law
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
1.3 The Difference between Civil and Criminal Law
1.4 Classification of Crimes
1.5 The Purposes of Punishment
1.6 Sources of Law
1.7 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 2: The Legal System in the United States
2.1 Federalism
2.2 The Branches of Government
2.3 The Court System
2.4 The Burden of Proof
2.5 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 3: Constitutional Protections
3.1 Applicability of the Constitution
3.2 The Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses
3.3 Freedom of Speech
3.4 The Right to Privacy
3.5 The Right to Bear Arms
3.6 Excessive Punishment
3.7 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 4: The Elements of a Crime
4.1 Criminal Elements
4.2 Criminal Intent
4.3 Causation and Harm
4.4 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 5: Criminal Defenses, Part 1
5.1 Criminal Defenses
5.2 Self-Defense
5.3 Other Use-of-Force Defenses
5.4 Defenses Based on Choice
5.5 Consent
5.6 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 6: Criminal Defenses, Part 2
6.1 The Insanity Defense
6.2 Infancy, Intoxication, Ignorance, and Mistake
6.3 Entrapment
6.4 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 7: Parties to Crime
7.1 Parties to Crime
7.2 Vicarious Liability
7.3 Accessory
7.4 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 8: Inchoate Offenses
8.1 Attempt
8.2 Conspiracy
8.3 Solicitation
8.4 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 9: Criminal Homicide
9.1 Homicide
9.2 Murder
9.3 First-Degree Murder
9.4 Felony Murder
9.5 Second-Degree Murder
9.6 Manslaughter
9.7 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 10: Sex Offenses and Crimes Involving Force, Fear, and Physical Restraint
10.1 Sex Offenses
10.2 Assault and Battery
10.3 Domestic Violence and Stalking
10.4 Kidnapping and False Imprisonment
10.5 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 11: Crimes against Property
11.1 Nonviolent Theft Crimes
11.2 Extortion, Robbery, and Receiving Stolen Property
11.3 Crimes That Invade or Damage Property
11.4 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 12: Crimes against the Public
12.1 Quality-of-Life Crimes
12.2 Crimes Targeting Group Conduct
12.3 Vice Crimes
12.4 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 13: Crimes against the Government
13.1 Crimes Involving National Security
13.2 Crimes Involving Terrorism
13.3 Perjury, Bribery, and Obstruction of Justice
13.4 End-of-Chapter Material
Chapter 14: Appendix A: Case Listings
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