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| (Note: Each chapter begins with an Introduction and concludes with a Summary, Questions for Discussion, Legal Resource on the World Wide Web, Suggested Readings and Classic Works, as well as Capstone Cases.) | |
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| The Nature and History of Criminal Law | |
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| What Is Criminal Law? The Purpose of Law? | |
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| Historical Sources of Today's Law | |
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| The Federal System | |
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| The Model Penal Code | |
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| Criminal Liability and the Essence of Crime | |
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| The Adversarial System | |
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| The Basic Elements of Crime | |
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| Expanding the Concept of Crime | |
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| Corpus Delicti | |
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| Additional Elements of Crime | |
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| Extending Criminal Liability: Inchoate Offenses and Parties to Crime | |
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| Criminal Attempt | |
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| Criminal Conspiracy | |
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| Criminal Solicitation | |
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| Parties to Crime | |
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| Justifications as Defenses | |
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| Types of Defense | |
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| The Nature of Defense | |
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| Justification as a Defense | |
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| Excuses as Defenses | |
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| The Nature of Excuses | |
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| Categories of Excuses | |
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| The Defense of Insanity | |
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| Competency to Stand Trial | |
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| Purpose of the Insanity Defense | |
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| The Insanity Defense—A Common Misunderstanding | |
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| What Is Insanity? History of Insanity Defense | |
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| Diminished Capacity | |
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| How Widely Used Is the Insanity Defense? | |
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| Legal and Social Dimensions of Personal Crime: Homicide | |
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| Criminal Homicide | |
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| Murder | |
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| Mansluaghter | |
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| Negligent Homicide | |
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| Suicide | |
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| Legal and Social Dimensions of Personal Crime: Assault, Battery, and Other Personal Crimes | |
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| Assault, Battery, and Mayhem | |
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| Sex Offenses | |
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| Kidnapping and False Imprisonment | |
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| Legal and Social Dimensions of Property and Computer Crimes | |
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| Theft Crimes | |
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| Consolidation of Theft Crimes | |
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| Burglary | |
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| Arson | |
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| Computer and High-Technology Crimes | |
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| Offenses against Public Order and the Administration of Justice | |
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| Crimes Against Public Order | |
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| Crimes Against the Administration of Government | |
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| Offenses against Public Morality | |
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| Crimes Against Public Decency and Morality | |
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| Victims and the Law | |
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| Who Is a Victim? A Short History of the Victim | |
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| Victim's Rights Legislation | |
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| Victim Statistics | |
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| The Costs of Criminal Victimization | |
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| Restitution | |
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| Punishment and Sentencing | |
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| Sentencing Rationales | |
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| Imposing Criminal Sanctions | |
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| Plea Bargaining | |
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| Traditional Sentencing Options | |
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| Hate Crimes | |
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| Capital Punishment | |
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| Intermediate Sanctions | |
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| The Constitution of the United States of America | |
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| The Model Penal Code Excerpts | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Table of Cases | |
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| Subject Index | |