Criminal Law

Many great features maintain the reliability of this text: - utilizes current, well-known cases, some of which have not yet reached the appellate courts or even gone to litigation, to make the material current and easily applicable - includes explanations that provide analysis of both prosecution and defense arguments, offering a pedagogical approach that provides valuable exam-writing skills for students - remains highly readable and accessible, often incorporating popular culture and humor to spark students interest - offers a straightforward presentation through clear, introductory text that enables students to understand and apply principles - incorporates visual aids, in the form of graphs, charts and other illustrations, to demonstrate legal standards and concepts Updated to reflect recent developments since the Third Edition was published, including: - more coverage of medical-based excuses, such as Prozac, Serotonin, Testosterone, etc. - examples and explanations based on prescription druginduced sleepwalking, death caused by abuse of time-release pain-killing patches, and void for vagueness challenges to laws limiting where sex offenders can live or travel - florida self-defense and right-to-carry laws - recent Supreme Court cases on the insanity defense (Arizona v. Clark) and duress (Dixon v. United States) - recent Supreme Court case on mental competency - over 50 new examples, including materials on: i. steroid rage ii. the Zoloft (Prozac) defense iii. terrorism statutes and prosecutions iv. the San Francisco dog maul caseSinger, Richard G. is the author of 'Criminal Law', published 2007 under ISBN 9780735562431 and ISBN 0735562431.