Criminal Law: Problems, Statutes, and Cases

This problem-pedagogy casebook gives due attention to common law cases but also emphasizes the importance of statutes in the modern world. Innovative features, such as graphic exercises and diagrams of crimes, are integrated with more traditional elements. Beginning with an overview of the criminal justice system, the book goes on to devote chapters to the following topics: punishment, making criminal law, conduct, mental states, homicide, causation, defenses, rape, attempted crimes, complicity, consipracy, and theft. Criminal Law also includes an appendix with relevant sections of the Model Penal Code.