Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Disclaimer

Dedication

About the Author

Brief Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

PART ONE Legal Foundations of Criminal Justice

Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Criminal Law and Procedure

Chapter 2 Organization of the Criminal Justice System

PART TWO The Substantive Criminal Law

Chapter 3 Constitutional Limitations on the Prohibition of Criminal Conduct

Chapter 4 Elements of Crimes and Parties to Crimes

Chapter 5 Inchoate Offenses

Chapter 6 Homicidal Offenses

Chapter 7 Other Offenses against Persons

Chapter 8 Property Crimes

Chapter 9 White-Collar and Organized Crime

Chapter 10 Vice Crimes

Chapter 11 Offenses against Public Health and the Environment

Chapter 12 Offenses against Public Order,Safety,and National Security

Chapter 13 Offenses against Justice and Public Administration

Chapter 14 Criminal Responsibility and Defenses

PART THREE Law Enforcement and Criminal Procedure

Chapter 15 Search and Seizure

Chapter 16 Arrest,Interrogation,and Identification Procedures

Chapter 17 The Pretrial Process

Chapter 18 The Criminal Trial

Chapter 19 Sentencing and Punishment

Chapter 20 Appeal and Postconviction Relief

Appendix A Access to the Law through Legal Research

The Nature of Legal Research

Primary Legal Sources

Secondary Sources

Computerized Legal Research

How to Research a Specific Point of Law

Conclusion

Appendix B The Constitution of the United States of America

Glossary

Case Index

Subject Index