Criminal Law for Police Officers - Couverture rigide

Chamelin, Neil E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0130941018 ISBN 13 : 9780130941015

Editeur : Pearson, 2004

Synopsis

For freshman/sophomore courses in criminal law.

This text presents a general approach to substantive criminal law focusing on legal principles in plain English without the use of legalese and footnotes. This timely text includes thought-provoking questions that reinforce student comprehension and increase student interest.

A propos du livre

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The eighth edition of Criminal Law for Police Officers presents the historical concepts fundamental to understanding criminal law. The book is written in a non-legalese format, which makes it very student friendly. Areas covered include jurisdiction, matters of responsibility and accountability, and general principles about the criminal act.

New to this Edition:

• Materials have been updated.
• Comprehensive discussions on crimes include assaults, homicide, sex offenses, theft, robbery, burglary, arson, forgery, kidnapping, drug offenses, alcohol-related crimes, traffic offenses, and many more.
• An entire chapter on offenses by and against juveniles.
• Key words and phrases at the beginnings of each chapter, glossaries and thought provoking discussion questions at the end of each chapter.
• Discussion of contemporary issues including carjacking, computer crimes, environmental crimes, stalking, hate crimes, RICO, and contraband forfeiture.
• Humorous stories used to illustrate and enliven the materials.

        Some limited free web sites for legal research are included in the reference sections at the end of chapters.  Many examples are used to illustrate points (the majority of which) are taken from actual cases.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0130941018
• ISBN 13: 9780130941015
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 366
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible