Criminal Law - Angela J Davis

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Auteur(s) : Angela J Davis - Katheryn K Russell

Editeur : Sage Publications

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/02/2015

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 368

Expédition : 612

Dimensions : 25.1 x 20.1 x 1.5

ISBN : 1412977894

Résumé :

An Interdisciplinary Approach

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Criminal Law provides students with an integrated framework for understanding the U.S. criminal justice system with a diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary approach and thematic focus. Authors Katheryn Russell-Brown and Angela J. Davis go beyond the law and decisions in court cases to consider and integrate issues of race, gender, and socio-economic status with their discussion of criminal law. Material from the social sciences is incorporated to highlight the intersection between criminal law and key social issues. Case excerpts and detailed case summaries, used to highlight important principles of criminal law, are featured throughout the text. The coverage is conceptual and practical, showing students how the criminal law applies in the real world-not just within the pages of a textbook.

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Biographie:

Katheryn Russell-Brown is the Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations at the University of Florida, Levin College of Law.? Professor Russell-Brown received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, law degree from the University of California, Hastings, and Ph.D. in criminology from the University of Maryland.? Prior to joining the University of Florida law faculty in 2003, Professor Russell-Brown taught in the Criminology and Criminal Justice department at the University of Maryland for 11 years.? She has been a visiting law professor at American University and the City University of New York (CUNY).? She has been a lecturer at Howard University and her first teaching position was at Alabama State University.? Professor Russell-Brown teaches, researches, and writes on issues of race and crime and the sociology of law.? Her article, The Constitutionality of Jury Override in Alabama Death Penalty Cases, was cited in the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Harris v. Alabama (1995).? In 2009, Professor Russell-Brown was awarded a Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowship.? Her project focused on ways to integrate criminal justice issues into the elementary education curriculum.? Professor Russell-Brown's work includes the textbook Criminal Law (Sage, 2016) (co-authored with Angela J. Davis) and books, The Color of Crime, 2d edition (New York University Press, 2009), Protecting Our Own: Race, Crime and African Americans, (Rowman and Littlefield, 2006), and Underground Codes: Race, Crime, and Related Fires (New York University Press, 2004).

Sommaire:
Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview of Criminal Law
Criminal Law Terms and Concepts
Sources of Criminal Law
Classifications, Distinctions, and Limitations in Criminal Law
Crime and People in the Criminal Justice System
The Structure of the Criminal Justice System
Case Briefing
Chapter 2: Constitutional Limits on Criminal Laws
First Amendment
Second Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Eighth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Right to Privacy
Chapter 3: The Elements of a Crime
A Voluntary Act (Actus Reus)
Guilty State of Mind (Mens Rea)
Concurrence and Causation
Strict Liability
Chapter 4: Incomplete Crimes
Attempt
Solicitation
Conspiracy
Merger Doctrine
Other Incomplete Offenses
Chapter 5: Theft and Other Property Offenses
Larceny and Theft
Embezzlement
False Pretenses
Burglary
Arson
White-Collar Crime
Chapter 6: Public Order Crimes and Offenses Against Public Decency
Public Order Crimes
Crimes Against Public Decency
Chapter 7: Rape and Other Violent Crimes
Rape and Other Sexual Assaults
Robbery
Kidnapping
Assault and Battery
Chapter 8: Criminal Homicide
Definitions
Intentional Killings
Unintentional Killings
Felony Murder
Capital Punishment
Chapter 9: Justification Defenses
Types of Defenses
Defensive Force
Duress and Necessity
Chapter 10: Excuse Defenses
Competency and Insanity
Infancy
Intoxication
Syndrome ?Defenses?
Cultural Defenses
Chapter 11: Punishment and Sentencing
Punishment
Prisoners? Rights
Sentencing
Chapter 12: State-Involved Crimes
Crimes Against the State
Crimes Committed by Public Officials