Joel Samaha, Horace T. Morse Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Minnesota.
11th edition.
Belmont, CA :
Wadsworth,
[2014]
xxii, 554 pages :
illustrations (some color) ;
26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-534) and indexes.
Criminal law and criminal punishment: an overview -- Constitutional limits on criminal law -- The criminal act: the first principle of criminal liability -- The general principles of criminal liability: mens rea, concurrence, causation, ignorance, and mistake -- Defenses to criminal liability: justifications -- Defenses to criminal liability: excuses -- Parties to crime and vicarious liability -- Inchoate crimes -- Crimes against persons I: murder and manslaughter -- Crimes against persons II: sex offenses, bodily injury, and personal restraint -- Crimes against property -- Crimes against public order and morals -- Crimes against the state.