This title makes complex criminal law issues more accessible to students by examining the facts of carefully-selected real-life case studies. The new... edition has four exciting and timely new cases added, along with all accompanying material. Included in the text are details regarding the offender's background, the nature of the offense, all relevant facts of the case, photographs of the people and locations of the offense, and the texts of both then-governing and current statutes. This unique approach entices analytical thinking about what that law is and should be, and, via the inclusion of the aftermaths of each case, encourages discussion about what actually happened to the defendant and why.

Brings an innovative approach to case analysis, statutory interpretation, and applying the principles of criminal law. Uses an innovative case studies... method. Each topic area includes a detailed story about the people and events leading up to the offense.Includes 120 photographs related to the crimes. --Core opinions ""of central historical, theoretical, or doctrinal importance"" are provided in each subject-area section. Includes provocative and timely principal cases from a wide variety of jurisdictions, each followed by the statutes that existed in the jurisdiction at the time of the offense. Reproduces any court opinions in the case, so teachers can compare their in-class legal analysis to how the case was resolved in real life. Treatise-like summary of law in each topic area gives students an overview of the law, introduces the underlying theoretical principles, and provides context.Real world problem cases test students' mastery of the legal summaries and an important vehicle for class discussions. Each section identifies issues of current controversy and an advanced issues appendix includes excerpts from the literature on each side of the issue. New to the Third Edition Updating and adding to many of the overview sections to reflect changes in law and to add topical issuesEditing the story narratives for a cleaner read and clearer presentation of the facts Selective revisions to the issues and materials as suggested by Robinson's own teaching and the comments of users Adding new material on the selected topics, such as restorative justice, suicide and assisted suicide, possession offenses, corporate criminality child pornography, computer fraud, identity theft, illegal prescription drugs, and cyberbullying, common law concepts of ""general intent"" and ""specific intent""

This book is a leader in providing materials that match the skills and values theme emphasized in the MacCrate and Carnegie Reports. The forthcoming... second edition will still include over fifty problems that allow the law professor to explore the practical impact of the theoretical concepts underlying criminal law. The new edition expands this orientation with several new problems, a new case study that examines issues from Jena Six, as well as new materials that recognize recent federal sentencing guideline changes. The book will retain its international and comparative notes with the addition of a problem that considers the increased influence of international matters. In keeping with the original theme of having a casebook with recent decisions, several new cases are inserted, with a few older ones removed. The authors plan to introduce with this casebook a website that will offer podcasts, syllabi, Powerpoints, and other teaching materials. In short, a text that is compact, student-friendly, flexible, both practical and theoretical, and hi-tech all in one novel package, including a teachers' manual with answers to every problem.

Criminal Law Conversations provides an authoritative overview of contemporary criminal law debates in the United States. This collection of high... caliber scholarly papers was assembled using an innovative and interactive method of nominations and commentary by the nation's top legal scholars. Virtually every leading scholar in the field has participated, resulting in a volume of interest to those both in and outside of the community. Criminal Law Conversations showcases the most captivating of these essays, and provides insight into the most fundamental and provocative questions of modern criminal law.

This book combines criminal law, criminal procedure and the Constitution from a practitioner’s point of view.  Drawing on the author’s vast... professional experience, it gives readers what most survey books do not, the ability to analyze criminal justice situations from a legal perspective. Discussion of the Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court decisions are integrated throughout each chapter. Edited case excerpts appear throughout and retain original court language, detailed analysis and questions to illustrate fundamental legal concepts. Building on its more effective treatment of case law, the book clearly shows the relationship between criminal law, criminal procedure the Constitution.

A longtime favorite series among professors and students alike, Examples & Explanations is now available as a Bonus Pack. It's the best of both... worlds — a print copy of Examples & Explanations: Criminal Law, 5th Ed. for your desk reference and an eBook version on your laptop to take with you wherever you go. This special Bonus Pack includes download access to the one-of-a-kind AspenLaw Studydesk software AND this book in digital eBook format. Examples & Explanations is ideal for studying, reviewing, and testing your understanding through the application of examples. Hypothetical questions complimented by detailed explanations allow you to test your knowledge of the topic and compare your own analysis. Combining distinguished authorship and the proven-effective Examples & Explanations pedagogy, this concise study guide, is an invaluable resource for students to understand the course area. BONUS PACK INCLUDES: Examples & Explanations: Criminal Law, 5th Ed.paperback Examples & Explanations: Criminal Law, 5th Ed. eBook download (NOTE: The AspenLaw Studydesk application must be installed on your computer to read the eBook.) AspenLaw Studydesk productivity software (NOTE: a promotion code ships with this Bonus Pack, which allows you to download the Examples & Explanations: Criminal Law, 5th Ed. eBook and AspenLaw Studydesk productivity software). ASPENLAW STUDYDESK SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Memory: Minimum 512 megabytes (Mb), Recommended 1 gigabyte (Gb) or more. Disk Space: Minimum 280 megabytes (Mb), Recommended 1 gigabyte (Gb). Display: Minimum 800 x 600, 256 colors, Recommended 1024 x 768 high color (32-bit). Operating System (32-bit): Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista Home Basic, Premium, or Ultimate. VISTA Users: Once your AspenLaw Studydesk software is downloaded and installed, please ensure the application’s privilege level is set to "Run this program as an Administrator." MACINTOSH Users: AspenLaw Studydesk is not currently available for the Macintosh Operating System. However, you may use virtual machine software such as Parallels, VM Ware, or BootCamp, and the Windows OS to run the application on any Intel-powered Mac. Applications: Latest version of Adobe Reader for viewing PDF files. Latest version of Adobe Flash.

In this third edition of Criminal Law for the Criminal Justice Professional, Norman M. Garland—through his multiple perspectives as a Professor of... Law, a former criminal defense attorney, and a former prosecutor—presents a comprehensive introduction to the basic criminal law structure at the heart of the criminal justice system in the United States. Straightforward yet analytical, the text aims at delivering to students a timely overview of the state of American criminal law in the global and volatile climate of the twenty-first century.

We have made several important enhancements to the content and format of the book in response to comments and suggestions from Handbook subscribers. New... with this edition: •   History citations: we added legislative history notes for the statutes in the book, allowing you to trace back the acts that have affected that section. •   Expansion of scope: we added additional provisions from the New York City Rules, the New York Codes, Rules, and Regulations, and the New York City Administrative Code. In addition, we incorporated the Gun Offender Registration Act into this year's book •   Effective date information: we added the effective date information for each legislative change into our table of sections affected in the front of the book, so that, at a glance, you can see when the amendments or enactments take effect •   Format: we expanded the dimensions of this year's edition to allow us to make the book thinner and more portable, to increase the readability, and to allow us to add the additional material detailed above. •   Ordering of contents and bleed bars: we re-ordered the contents of the book slightly to move the Vehicle and Traffic Law material to follow the other important criminal law subjects. As an additional benefit, this allowed us to simplify the bleed bar scheme and make the bleed bars more helpful in finding the material you need. An Essential Reference If you were to purchase one book on Criminal Law in New York, this would be it! A premium offering, this publication includes the full New York Penal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Correction Laws and the NYC Criminal Court Act. Many more statutes relating to criminal law are also included, such as Jury Selection, Education, and Environmental Conservation. This single volume saves you from having to carry and reference a handful of different volumes! The most important value, however, is the inclusion of sentencing guides, expertly authored by New York attorney Barry Kamins, Esq. These guides provide classifications of felonies, misdemeanors and violations under New York Penal law, and the appropriate terms of imprisonment are provided.

Soldiers and Civilians analyzes the emerging civil-military "gap" in the United States, drawing on a major survey of military officers, civilian... leaders, and the general public. The book's contributors, leading scholars of defense policy, find that numerous schisms have undermined civil-military cooperation and harmed military effectiveness.

This three-hole punched, alternative loose-leaf version of the hardbound book is printed on 8 ½ x 11 inch paper with wider margins and the same... pagination – offered at a substantially lower price than the hardbound book. This casebook offers both theoretical and practical treatment of criminal law, which helps students to understand the underlying principles and to relate them to real-life situations. Criminal Law introduces students to the criminal justice system, raises the question of why and how we punish, and provides a framework for classroom discussion of the relationship between the state and the individual. It covers a broad range of topics including many cutting-edge issues such as efforts by cities to prosecute homeless people for sleeping in public areas, assisted suicide, conspiracy and multiple defendant trials, rape (including date rape and marital rape), attempted murder based on biting / spitting by AIDS patients, "stand your ground" statutes, and battered victim syndrome.

Law students often find criminal law to be one of the most interesting, but also one of the most difficult courses. Even the fundamental elements of... criminal liability can be hard to learn and even harder to apply on exams. The study of criminal law demands that students juggle a mix of common law principles, modern judicial decisions, statutory text, the Model Penal Code, and philosophies of justice to address the enduring dilemmas that comprise criminal law.In Criminal Law: Model Problems and Outstanding Answers, Kathryn Christopher and Russell Christopher deftly guide students in applying criminal law. Their interesting and accessible fact patterns explore important principles surrounding homicide and rape, attempt and conspiracy, accomplice liability and defenses, and devote special attention to difficult doctrines like impossible attempt and felony murder. This book includes clear introductions to the major topics in criminal law, provides hypotheticals that students can expect to see on exams, and offers model answers to those hypotheticals. It then gives students the opportunity to evaluate their own work with a comprehensive self-analysis section. This book prepares students by challenging them to use the law they learn in class while also explaining the best way to express sophisticated answers on their exams.Model Problems and Outstanding Answers is an innovative new series by Oxford University Press. Featuring topical introductions and clear fact patterns, each book contains exercises designed to help students develop methods to craft organized, relevant, and thoughtful responses to exam-style questions. These exercises show the student how to think like a lawyer. By guiding students to the most appropriate ways to apply their knowledge to new facts, the series offers meaningful and significant preparation for law school exams and bar-exam essays.