Criminal Law (University Casebook Series)

Bonnie Couglin Jeffries and Lows Criminal Law positions the authors authoritative grasp of the subject against a background of cultural and political debate. The text deals with profound questions integral to the study of criminal law in a changing society: current controversies in the law of rape and sexual assault the Bernard Goetz case and the use of deadly force in self-defense defenses available to battered women the insanity defense and capital punishment. The third edition also includes a new chapter on mens rea in federal crimes.