Criminal Law (eBook)

Katheryn K. Russell, Angela J. Davis (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025 | 2., Second Edition
754 Seiten
Sage Publications, Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5443-7563-2 (ISBN)

Inhalt

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview of Criminal Law
Introduction
Criminal Law Terms and Concepts
Sources of Criminal Law
Classifications, Distinctions, and Limitations in Criminal Law
Crime and People in the Criminal Legal System
The Structure and Process of the Criminal Legal System
Briefing a Case
Concluding Note
Key Terms and Cases
Chapter 2: Constitutional Limitations on Criminal Laws
Introduction
First Amendment
Second Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Eighth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Right to Privacy
Ex post Facto Laws & Bills of Attainder
Concluding Note
Key Terms and Cases
Chapter 3: Elements of a Crime & Parties to a Crime
Introduction
A Voluntary Act (Actus Reus)
Guilty State of Mind (Mens Rea)
Concurrence and Causation
Strict Liability
Parties to a Crime
Concluding Note
Key Terms and Cases
Chapter 4: Inchoate Crimes
Introduction
Attempt
Solicitation
Conspiracy
Merger Doctrine
Offenses with Inchoate Features
Concluding Note
Key Terms and Cases
Chapter 5: Theft and Other Property Crimes
Introduction
Larceny and Theft
Embezzlement
False Pretenses
Burglary
Arson
White-Collar Crime
Concluding Note
Key Terms and Cases
Chapter 6: Public Order Crimes and Offenses Against Public Decency
Introduction
Public Order Crimes
Crimes Against Public Decency
Drugs
Concluding Note
Key Terms and Cases
Chapter 7: Rape and Other Violent Crimes
Introduction
Rape and Other Sexual Assaults
Robbery
Kidnapping
Assault and Battery
Concluding Note
Key Terms and Cases
Chapter 8: Criminal Homicide
Introduction
Definitions
Intentional Killings
Unintentional Killings
Felony Murder
Concluding Note
Key Terms and Cases
Chapter 9: State-Involved Crimes
Introduction
Crimes Against the State
Crimes Committed by Public Officials
Offenses Against Public Officials and Employees
Concluding Note
Key Terms and Cases
Chapter 10: Justification Defenses
Introduction
Types of Defenses
Defensive Force
Duress and Necessity
Concluding Note
Key Terms and Cases
Chapter 11: Excuse Defenses
Introduction
Competency and Insanity
Infancy
Intoxication
Syndrome “Defenses”
Cultural Defenses
Concluding Note
Key Terms and Cases
Chapter 12: Punishment and Sentencing
Introduction
Punishment
Prisoners’ Rights
Sentencing
Concluding Note
Key Terms and Cases
Appendix: U.S. Constitution, Selected Sections
Glossary
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.8.2025
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• ISBN-10: 1-5443-7563-8 / 1544375638
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5443-7563-2 / 9781544375632