Criminal Law

Criminal Law, 7th Edition by Sue Titus Reid (Roxbury Publishing Company) This text offers a comprehensive, contemporary introduction to the vast scope of criminal law using a modified case approach. It focuses on applications to the real world through the generous use of cur¬rent events and case excerpts that help students connect to the material. By featuring carefully excerpted court opinions and cases to illustrate important points, Reid gives stu¬dents a taste of the traditional case method without burdening them with massive amounts of legal material. The author's succinct writing style sustains student interest, minimizing unnecessary legal jar¬gon and academic terminology. The book's broad coverage includes misdemeanors as well as felonies, federal and state statutes and cases, and constitutional principles relating to criminal law. This edition engages student interest through its coverage of topics such as abortion, pornography, child abuse, domestic violence, animal cruelty, racketeering, cyberstalking, identity theft, terrorism, juvenile issues, drug abuse and trafficking, and sentencing. Ile hook also features recent Supreme Court cases involving the sexual behavior of gay men, the incarceration of repeat offenders, the legalization of the medicinal use of marijuana, physician-assisted suicide, the detention of -enemy combatants" without due process, and the consti¬tutionality of executing juveniles and the mentally challenged. Reid weaves appellate court cases into the text, helping familiarize students with how the judiciary thinks and responds to questions of law. This encourages students to develop their critical thinking skills by asking them to analyze court decisions in light of their own views and thinking. The Seventh Edition offers recent cases on corporate crime (such as Enron, Iwo, Arthur Andersen, WorldCom, Adelphia, and HealthSouth), along with specific individuals charged with white-collar crimes, including Sam Waksal, Martha Stewart, Peter Bacanovic, and Richard M. Scrushy. The book also discusses high-profile crimes involving Kobe Bryant, Debra LaFave, Joseph Edward Duncan, III, Chante Mallard, Lynne Stewart, Terry L. Nichols, Michael Skakel, Andrew Luster, Andrew Fastow, Andrea Yates, Eric Rudolph, and juveniles Lionel Tate and Nathanial Brazil]. The book features an updated Instructor's Manual/Testing Program and Student Study Guide as well as state-specific Guides for California, Florida, Illinois, New York, and Texas.