Criminal Law For Police Officers - Hardcover

Chamelin, Neil C.

9780131188129: Criminal Law For Police Officers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0131188127 ISBN 13: 9780131188129

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2005

Known for its accessible writing style that avoids confusing jargon and excess "legalese," the 9th edition of Criminal Law for Police Officers continues to deliver a clear, concise and lively introduction to criminal law. This best-selling book includes coverage of all the latest laws and Supreme Court decisions, and presents thought-provoking questions that stimulate critical thinking and discussions. This edition is completely updated throughout with coverage of the latest developments in criminal law−including coverage of Megan's Law, the Amber Alert Program, sodomy, insurance fraud and telemarketing fraud. Topics explore the fundamental principles upon which substantive criminal law is based. For police officers and other criminal justice practitioners.

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The ninth edition of Criminal Law for Police Officers presents the historical concepts" fundamental to understanding criminal law. The book is written in a non-legalese format, which makes it very student friendly. Areas covered include jurisdiction, matters of responsibility and accountability, and general principles about the criminal act.

New to this edition:

New example added to chapter seven on assaults on sports officials
More material added to the "suicide by cop" in chapter eight
The section in chapter nine, which deals with sodomy, has been re-written in compliance with a recent Supreme Court case.
The section in chapter nine which addresses the civil commitment of convicted sexual predators and offenders with registration requirements under Megan's Law
Added material on the Amber Alert to chapter fifteen
New material on dealing with violators of the telemarketing fraud laws, new section on insurance fraud has been added to chapter twenty-two
Statistical information has been updated in all chapters

In this ninth edition, I have again listened to the comments of reviewers and made some changes. The basic format of the book has not changed but there are some areas of organization of content that needed clarification. In the introductory section of chapter 4, I explain why I have included the topics of attempts, solicitation and conspiracy in this chapter rather than treating them in a separate chapter. Similarly, I address why the topic of causation is included in this chapter.

A subtitle has been added to Chapter 6 with art explanation in the introduction that many of the issues covered are considered affirmative defenses.

The section on statutory assaults has been retitled and expanded to include statutory batteries.

In Chapter 9, the section on sodomy has been rewritten to address a recent Supreme Court decision. The section previously titled Criminal Sexual Psychopath Laws has been retitled and rewritten to cover the civil commitment of sexual offenders and predators and sexual offender registration laws (often referred to as Megan's Law.)

The section on kidnapping in chapter 15 now contains material on the national Amber alert program. Updated statistics on juveniles on death row are included in Chapter 18 and statistical materials on money laundering have been included in Chapter 22. Other changes in Chapter 22 include some new material on telemarketing fraud laws and a new section on insurance fraud.

In addition the changes mentioned, materials have been updated where necessary, new questions for discussion have been added to some chapters, new contemporary examples and illustrations of legal points have been added, and many chapters contain new sidebar material some of which are for fun and some are hopefully informative.

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