Criminal Law (Justice Administration Legal Series) - Hardcover

Klotter, John C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870845268 ISBN 13: 9780870845260

Publisher: Anderson Pub Co, 1994

Synopsis

Combining the best features of a casebook and a textbook, this classic text deals with substantive criminal law, and explores the principles, sources, distinctions and limitations of criminal law. Definitions and elements of crimes are explained, and defenses to crimes are thoroughly analyzed. Strengths continue to be the comprehensive footnotes, coverage of the federal criminal code, and specific recognition of the common law origins of modern law. Federal law coverage is now consolidated into two chapters. Each chapter contains a list of key terms that are defined in the glossary, guidance to help the student understand what is important in each chapter, as well as a new Legal News section that highlights current criminal law issues. Part II gives students the opportunity to read real cases, with aids to help them identify the issues and holdings.Each chapter includes outline, key terms and concepts, guiudance to help the reader understand what is important

About this title

About the Author:

Joycelyn M. Pollock (Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany; J.D., University of Houston) is Professor of Criminal Justice at Texas State University. She has published more than 25 books (including subsequent editions) in the areas of ethics, female criminality, corrections, and law. In 2011, she was appointed to the U.S. Office of Justice Programs Science Advisory Board.

About this edition

• Publisher: Anderson Pub Co
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0870845268
• ISBN 13: 9780870845260
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 805