Criminal Law For The Criminal Justice Professional

Download or read book Criminal Law for the Criminal Justice Professional written by Norman M. Garland and published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education. This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Criminal Law for the Criminal Justice Professional, fifth edition, presents a complete basic introduction to the substance of those rules and laws that comprise the fabric of he criminal justice system in the United States. This book, like the fourth edition, describes the structure of the system, the theories underlying criminal responsibility, and the lements of specific crimes. The general principles that motivate the lawmakers have not changed since the development of Anglo-American criminal law, although legislative etail and focus have varied"--