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Award-winning professor and bestselling author Matthew Lippman guides students through the complexities of the legal system using thought-provoking examples of real-life crimes and legal defences, along with highly approachable case analyses. Updated with the most current developments in criminal law and public policy, the Second Edition takes students beyond the classroom and prepares them to apply criminal law in today's legal world.
Contents
PrefaceChapter OrganizationOrganization of the TextAncillariesAcknowledgments1. The Nature, Purpose, and Function of Criminal LawIntroductionThe Nature of Criminal LawCriminal and Civil LawThe Purpose of Criminal LawThe Principles of Criminal LawCategories of CrimeFelonies and MisdemeanorsMala in Se and Mala ProhibitaSubject MatterSources of Criminal LawThe Common LawState Criminal CodesState Police PowerThe Model Penal CodeFederal StatutesConstitutional LimitationsThe Criminal Justice ProcessThe Structure of the Federal and State Court SystemsThe Federal Judicial SystemState Judicial SystemsPrecedentChapter SummaryChapter Review QuestionsLegal Terminology2. Constitutional LimitationsIntroductionRule of LegalityBills of Attainder and Ex Post Facto LawsBills of AttainderEx Post Facto LawsThe Supreme Court and Ex Post Facto LawsStatutory ClarityClarityDefinite Standards for Law EnforcementEqual ProtectionThree Levels of ScrutinyThe Bill of RightsNationalizationFreedom of SpeechOverbreadthSymbolic SpeechHate SpeechFreedom of AssemblyTime, Place, and Manner RestrictionsFreedom of ReligionPrivacyThe Constitutional Right to PrivacyThe Constitutional Right to Privacy and Same-Sex Relations Between Consenting Adults in the HomeThe Right to Privacy and the Fourth AmendmentThe Right to Bear ArmsCruel and Unusual PunishmentMethods of PunishmentThe Amount of Punishment: The Death PenaltyThe Amount of Punishment: Sentences for a Term of YearsCriminal Punishment and Status OffensesCase AnalysisChapter SummaryChapter Review QuestionsLegal Terminology3. Elements of CrimesIntroductionCriminal Acts and ThoughtsA Voluntary Criminal ActStatusOmissionsThe American and European Bystander RulesPossessionMens Rea Criminal IntentGeneral and Specific IntentIntent Under the Model Penal CodePurposelyKnowinglyRecklesslyNegligentlyTransferred IntentStrict Liability OffensesConcurrence of Act and IntentCausalityCause in FactLegal or Proximate CauseIntervening CauseCoincidental Intervening ActsResponsive Intervening ActsCase AnalysisChapter SummaryChapter Review QuestionsLegal Terminology4. Parties to CrimeIntroductionParties to a CrimeActus Reus of Accomplice LiabilityMens Rea of Accomplice LiabilityNatural and Probable Consequences DoctrineAccessory After the FactThe Common LawThe Elements of Accessory After the FactVicarious LiabilityCase AnalysisChapter SummaryChapter Review QuestionsLegal Terminology5. Attempt, Solicitation, and ConspiracyIntroductionAttemptHistory of AttemptPublic Policy and AttemptThe Elements of Criminal AttemptMens Rea of AttemptActus Reus of AttemptThe Physical Proximity and Substantial Step TestsImpossibilityAbandonmentSolicitationPublic PolicyThe Crime of SolicitationConspiracyActus ReusOvert ActMens ReaPartiesThe Structure of ConspiraciesCriminal ObjectivesConspiracy ProsecutionsCase AnalysisChapter SummaryChapter Review QuestionsLegal Terminology6. Criminal Defenses: Justifications and ExcusesIntroductionThe Prosecutor's BurdenAffirmative DefensesJustifications and ExcusesDefenses Based on a Lack of Capacity to Commit a CrimeThe Insanity DefenseThe Right-Wrong TestThe Irresistible Impulse TestThe Durham Product TestThe Substantial Capacity TestFederal StandardBurden of ProofThe Future of the Insanity DefenseDiminished CapacityIntoxicationVoluntary IntoxicationInvoluntary IntoxicationAgeDefenses Based on Justification or ExcuseNecessityDuressConsentMistake of Law and Mistake of FactMistake of LawMistake of FactDefenses Justifying the Use of ForceSelf-DefenseThe Central Components of Self-DefenseReasonable BeliefImminenceBattered PersonsExcessive ForceRetreatDefense of OthersDefense of the HomeThe Castle Doctrine in FloridaExecution of Public DutiesResisting Unlawful ArrestsDefenses Based on Governmental MisconductEntrapmentThe Law of EntrapmentThe Subjective TestThe Objective TestThe Entrapment DefenseNew DefensesSome New DefensesThe Cultural DefenseCase AnalysisChapter SummaryChapter Review QuestionsLegal Terminology7. HomicideIntroductionTypes of Criminal HomicideActus Reus and Criminal HomicideMens Rea and Criminal HomicideMurderFirst-Degree MurderCapital and Aggravated First-Degree MurderSecond-Degree MurderDepraved Heart MurderFelony MurderManslaughterVoluntary ManslaughterVoluntary Manslaughter ReconsideredInvoluntary ManslaughterNegligent ManslaughterThe Beginning of Human LifeThe End of Human LifeThe Year-and-a-Day RuleCorpus DelictiCase AnalysisChapter SummaryChapter Review QuestionsLegal Terminology8. Other Crimes Against the PersonIntroductionAssault and BatteryThe Elements of BatterySimple and Aggravated BatteryDangerous Weapon BatteryMayhemAssaultAggravated AssaultThe Elements of AssaultStalkingThe Common Law of RapeThe Elements of the Common Law of RapeRape ReformPunishment and Sexual AssaultThe Actus Reus of Modern RapeMens ReaStatutory RapeWithdrawal of ConsentRape Shield StatuteRape Trauma SyndromeSexual BatteryKidnappingKidnapping StatutesCriminal ActFalse ImprisonmentCase AnalysisChapter SummaryChapter Review QuestionsLegal Terminology9. Crimes Against PropertyIntroductionLarcenyActus Reus: Trespassory TakingAsportationProperty of AnotherMens ReaGrades of LarcenyEmbezzlementFalse PretensesActus ReusMens ReaTheftReceiving Stolen PropertyActus ReusMens ReaForgery and UtteringActus ReusMens ReaUtteringSimulationRobberyActus ReusMens ReaConcurrenceGrading RobberyCarjackingExtortionBurglaryBreakingEntryDwelling HouseDwelling of AnotherNighttimeIntentAggravated BurglaryDo We Need the Crime of Burglary?TrespassArsonBurningDwellingDwelling of AnotherWillful and MaliciousGradingCriminal MischiefActus ReusMens ReaCase AnalysisChapter SummaryChapter Review QuestionsLegal Terminology10. White-Collar and Organized CrimeIntroductionCorporate Criminal LiabilityEnvironmental CrimesOccupational Safety and HealthSecurities FraudInsider TradingMail and Wire FraudThe Travel ActHealth Care FraudAntitrust ViolationsIdentity TheftAccess Device FraudMoney LaunderingCurrency ViolationsTax CrimeComputer CrimeTheft of Intellectual PropertyCopyrightTrademark FraudTheft of Trade SecretsRacketeer Influenced and Corrupt OrganizationsCase AnalysisChapter SummaryChapter Review QuestionsLegal Terminology11. Crimes Against Public Order and MoralityIntroductionDisorderly ConductRiotMotor Vehicle ViolationsPublic Indecencies: Quality-of-Life CrimesVagrancy and LoiteringHomelessnessGangsThe Overreach of Criminal LawProstitutionThe Crime of ProstitutionLegal Regulation of ProstitutionObscenityCruelty to AnimalsCase AnalysisChapter SummaryChapter Review QuestionsLegal Terminology12. Crimes Against Social Order and Morality: Alcoholism, Gambling, and Drug OffensesIntroductionAlcoholismAlcoholism and JuvenilesPublic IntoxicationDriving and AlcoholismGamblingState Gambling LawsInternet GamblingFederal Gambling LawsControlled SubstancesThe "War on Drugs"The Evolution of American Antinarcotics StrategyState Antidrug LawsPossession of Narcotics and Possession With Intent to Distribute NarcoticsMarijuanaCrystal MethPrescription DrugsDrug ParaphernaliaAssets ForfeitureDrug TestingDrug CourtsOffice of National Drug Control PolicyCase AnalysisChapter SummaryChapter Review QuestionsLegal Terminology13. Offenses Against Public Administration and the Administration of JusticeIntroductionOfficial MisconductBriberyCommercial BriberySports BriberyForeign Corrupt Practices ActExtortionPerjurySubornation of PerjuryObstruction of JusticeThe Citizen's Duty to Assist Law EnforcementResisting ArrestCompounding a CrimeEscapeDefenses to Prison EscapeContemptDirect and Indirect Criminal ContemptCriminal Contempt and Criminal LawPunishing Criminal ContemptLegislative ContemptCase AnalysisChapter SummaryChapter Review QuestionsLegal Terminology14. Crimes Against the StateIntroductionTreasonCriminal Act and Criminal IntentProsecuting TreasonSeditionSabotageEspionageTerrorismDefinition of TerrorismTerrorism Outside the United StatesTerrorism Transcending National BoundariesWeapons of Mass DestructionMass Transportation SystemsHarboring or Concealing TerroristsMaterial Support for TerrorismCombat ImmunityState Terrorism StatutesImmigrationViolations of Immigration LawState LawsInternational Criminal LawCase AnalysisChapter SummaryChapter Review QuestionsLegal TerminologyNotesGlossaryCase IndexSubject IndexAbout the Author
