NCJ Number
17940
Date Published
1975
Length
336 pages
Annotation
CONCISE EXPOSITION OF THE PRIMARY AREAS AND ISSUES IN SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW.
Abstract
THIS BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO SIX PARTS. PART I DEVELOPS THE PURPOSES OF PUNISHMENT, AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO THE STUDY OF CRIMINAL LAW. PART II DEVELOPS THOSE SPECIFIC CRIMES SUCH AS HOMICIDE AND THEFT OFFENSES WHICH, IN THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, NEED DEVELOPING. IN ADDITION, IT ANALYZES CAUSATION AND SELF DEFENSE. PART III IS CONCERNED WITH THE INGREDIENTS OF ALL CRIMES (MENS REA AND ACTUS REUS), WHILE PART IV DISCUSSES INCHOATE AND GROUP CRIMINALITY. PART V EXAMINES DEFENSES SUCH AS INSANTIY AND PART VI CONSIDERS LIMITATIONS OF THE CRIMINAL LAW. FINALLY, THE BOOK CONCLUDES WITH A SHORT PERSPECTIVE ON THE STUDY OF CRIMINAL LAW WHICH BRIEFLY INDICATES THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF THE PREVIOUS SIX AREAS. (SNI ABSTRACT)