01444cam a2200217 a 450000100070000000500170000700800410002401000170006502000150008204000180009704300120011505000150012708200150014210000240015724500830018126000550026430000330031950400510035250507900040365000330119371137820210414114154.0971128s1999    njua     b    001 0 eng    a   97049418   a013727520X  aDLCcDLCdDLC  an-us---00aKF9219.S3600a345.732211 aSchmalleger, Frank.10aCriminal law today :an introduction with capstone cases. /cFrank Schmalleger.  aUpper Saddle River, N.J. :bPrentice Hall,cc1999.  axx, 672 p. :bill. ;c29 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aContents: The Nature and history of criminal law -- Criminal liability and the essence of crime -- Expanding the concept of crime -- Extending criminal liability: inchoate offense and parties to crime -- Justifications as defenses -- Excuses as defenses -- The Defense of insanity -- Legal and social dimensions of personal crime: homicide -- Legal and social dimensions of personal crime: assault, battery and other personal crimes -- Legal and social dimensions of property and computer crimes -- Offenses against public order and the administration of justice -- Offenses against public morality -- Victims of the law -- Punishment and sentencing -- Appendix A: The Constitution of the United States of America -- Appendix B: Model penal code excerpts -- Glossary -- Table of cases. 0aCriminal lawzUnited States.