TY - BOOK AU - Schmalleger,Frank TI - Criminal law today :an introduction with capstone cases. SN - 013727520X AV - KF9219.S36 U1 - 345.73 21 PY - 1999/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Prentice Hall KW - Criminal law KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: 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 ER -