Davenport, Anniken.

Basic criminal law : the U.S. Constitution, procedure, and crimes / Anniken Davenport. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2006. - x, 308 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Pearson Prentice Hall Legal series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is criminal law? -- The origins of American criminal law -- The colonial period's influence on American criminal law -- Constitutional rights before arrest -- Constitutional rights after arrest -- The constitutional right to trial by jury -- Constitutional rights post-conviction -- Murder -- Crimes against the person : violence -- Crimes against property -- Treason, terrorism, and wartime criminal justice -- Crimes against the state -- Social crimes -- Common law defenses.

0130797715 (pbk.)

2004-021227


Criminal law--United States.

KF9219.3 / .D38 2006

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