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Clear and easy to understand, Joel Samaha's best-selling CRIMINAL LAW helps you apply criminal law's enduring foundations and principles to fascinating, current court cases and specific crimes. With a balanced blend of case excerpts and author commentary, Samaha guides you as you hone your critical thinking and legal analysis skills. You'll see the principles, defenses, and elements of crime at work as you progress through the book-and you'll learn about the general principles of criminal liability and its defenses, as well as the elements of crimes against persons property, society, and crimes against the state. Featuring the latest topics and court cases, as well as many study tools to help you do well in this course, Samaha's CRIMINAL LAW is a text you will want to keep as a valuable reference even after you graduate and begin your career in the criminal justice field of your choosing. Booknews This text/CD-ROM package explains general principles and their application to specific crimes, and presents cases that apply general principles to facts. Chapters follow a traditional arrangement, with the first eight chapters covering general criminal law, and later chapters covering the law in homicide, kidnapping, burglary and arson, property crimes, and quality of life crimes. This seventh edition contains 39 new cases, and "whatever happened to" boxes on victims and criminals in famous cases. The CD-ROM contains links to complete, unedited versions of cases discussed in the book, links to the US and state constitutions, criminal codes, and US Supreme Court opinions, and Internet research questions. The author teaches criminal law at the University of Minnesota. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Table of CasesPrefaceCh. 1The Nature and Origins of Criminal Law2The Nature of Criminal Law7Sources of Criminal Law11Classifying and Grading Crimes22Perspectives on Crime and the Criminal Law27Ch. 2The General Principles of Criminal Law40The Principle of Legality43Constitutional Limits43The Principle of Punishment66Ch. 3The General Principles of Criminal Liability90Actus Reus93Mens Rea114Concurrence131Causation132Grading Offenses140Ch. 4Parties to Crime: The Doctrine of Complicity146Parties to Crime148Vicarious Liability162Ch. 5Uncompleted Crimes: Attempt, Solicitation, and Conspiracy178Attempt180Conspiracy207Solicitation221Ch. 6Defenses to Criminal Liability: Justifications230Self-Defense234Defense of Others250General Principle of Necessity251Execution of Public Duties260Resisting Unlawful Arrest264Defense of Homes and Property266Consent269Ch. 7Defenses to Criminal Liability: Excuses278Duress280Intoxication286Mistake290Age295Entrapment299Insanity302Diminished Capacity319Syndromes322Ch. 8Crimes Against Persons I: Criminal Homicide330Criminal Homicide Actus Reus333Causing Another's Death342Criminal Homicide Mens Rea345Types and Degrees of Criminal Homicide345Ch. 9Crimes against Persons II: Criminal Sexual Conduct, and Others388Criminal Sexual Conduct390Battery413Assault418False Imprisonment423Kidnapping424Ch. 10Crimes Against Habitation: Burglary and Arson434Burglary436Arson451Ch. 11Crimes Against Property458History of Theft461Larceny462Embezzlement471False Pretenses472Consolidated Theft Statutes476Receiving Stolen Property477Forgery and Uttering481Robbery and Extortion484Ch. 12Crimes against Public Order and Morals494Crimes Against Public Order498Public Morals Offenses544Appendix559Glossary563Index569
