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Building on the strengths of prior editions, CRIMINAL LAW, Seventh Edition, integrates updated cases and new real-world examples to provide a current, engaging, and succinct introduction to criminal law. This successful and time-tested book couples a classic organization and traditional presentation of case law with cutting-edge coverage of recent trends in law. The author's academic and legal experience provides readers with firsthand insights into the American legal system, while ample pedagogy and simple, non-legal language make the book's writing uniquely accessible. Utilizing extensive case material, the book covers the historical background of criminal law as well as the most significant recent developments. This volume is one of two updated "splits" of the combined CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE, Eighth Edition (c. 2014), by the same author.
List of contents
Part I: LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
1. Fundamentals of Criminal Law.
2. Organization of the Criminal Justice System.
Part II: THE SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW.
3. Constitutional Limitations on the Prohibition of Criminal Conduct.
4. Elements of Crimes and Parties to Crimes.
5. Inchoate Offenses.
6. Homicidal Offenses.
7. Other Offenses against Persons.
8. Property Crimes.
9. White-Collar and Organized Crime.
10. Vice Crimes.
11. Offenses against Public Health and the Environment.
12. Offenses against Public Order, Safety, and National Security.
13. Offenses against Justice and Public Administration.
14. Criminal Responsibility and Defenses.
Appendix A: Access to the Law through Legal Research.
Appendix B: The Constitution of the United States of America.
About the author
John M. Scheb, II attended the University of Florida, where he received a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in political science. He is now Professor and Head of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he specializes in public law, courts, and the judicial process. Professor Scheb has authored numerous articles in professional journals and is coauthor of several other textbooks, including: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM, 3rd Edition (Wolters Kluwer, 2013), LAW AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS (Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005), and AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, 6th Edition (Wadsworth/Cengage, 2014).
Summary
Building on the strengths of prior editions, CRIMINAL LAW, Seventh Edition, integrates updated cases and new real-world examples to provide a current, engaging, and succinct introduction to criminal law. This successful and time-tested book couples a classic organization and traditional presentation of case law with cutting-edge coverage of recent trends in law. The author's academic and legal experience provides readers with firsthand insights into the American legal system, while ample pedagogy and simple, non-legal language make the book's writing uniquely accessible. Utilizing extensive case material, the book covers the historical background of criminal law as well as the most significant recent developments. This volume is one of two updated "splits" of the combined CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE, Eighth Edition (c. 2014), by the same author.
