Criminal Law Today - Softcover

Schmalleger, Frank; Hall, Dr. Daniel E.; Dolatowski J.D., With John J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135042615 ISBN 13: 9780135042618

Publisher: Pearson, 2009

Synopsis

For courses in Criminal Law

It brings the criminal law to life by relating it to real-life stories taken from today’s headlines.  Also loaded with new graphic color illustrations of key concepts.

 

The approach has been strongly influenced by the belief that the law has always been, and remains, a vital policy-making tool. As a topic for study and discussion, the nature and life of the law is more important today than ever before. The challenges that face the law as it continues to adapt to the needs of a complex and rapidly changing society are highlighted in this text and serve to emphasize for readers the contemporary relevance of our ever-evolving American criminal law.

 

Featuring a balanced text/casebook approach to meet the needs of instructors who prefer a textbook and instructors that prefer a casebook, Criminal Law Today 4e gives students and instructors an accessible, lively introduction to criminal law. Chapter-opening real-life stories and boxed features that illustrate criminal law in practice help students connect criminal law to real life, and a complete suite of in-text learning tools give students the resources they need to master the material presented in the text.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The fourth edition of Criminal Law Today presents a comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date introduction to the basics of criminal law. The text provides students with the tools and information they need to gain an understanding of the fundamental nature of law, general legal principles, the historical development of criminal law, and its form and function in American society today. Key features are case excerpts that illustrate important legal themes in the context of the chapter topics.

 

 

New to the Fourth Edition: 

• MyCrimeKit website offers multimedia, study materials, assessment questions, access to full-text versions of the Capstone Cases, and many other up-to-date online resources for students and instructors.
• Full-color diagrams, illustrations, and other figures have been added to reinforce key concepts in the chapters and illustrate important, complex, and challenging concepts for easier understanding.
• Chapter 11, “Terrorism and Human Trafficking,” discusses terrorist activity as defined under federal law, relevant provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, Guantanamo inmates entering the civilian court system, and human smuggling.
• Coverage of Islamic law (Chapter 1), cybercrime (Chapter 10), and environmental crime (Chapter 10).

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0135042615
• ISBN 13: 9780135042618
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 592