Basic Criminal Law: The Constitution, Procedure, and Crimes, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2022

  • Anniken Davenport Pennsylvania State University

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Table of contents

Preface 
Acknowledgments 
About the Author 

1. What Is Criminal Law? 
2. What Is a Crime? 
3. Crimes Against the Person: Murder 
4. Crimes Against the Person: Sex Crimes 
5. Crimes Against the Person: Other Violent Crimes 
6. Crimes Against Property 
7. Social Crimes 
8. Treason, Terrorism, and Wartime Criminal Justice 
9. Crimes Against the State 
10. Common Law Defenses 
11. Constitutional Rights Before Arrest 
12. Constitutional Rights After Arrest 
13. The Constitutional Right to Trial by Jury 
14. Constitutional Rights Postconviction 

Appendix 
Endnotes 
Glossary 
Index

Author bios

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