Contemporary Criminal Law: Concepts, Cases, and Controversies 6th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1071812990

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• Publisher: ‎ SAGE Publications, Inc; Sixth edition (April 21, 2022)
• Language: ‎ English
• 944 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1071812998
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1071812990

Providing a current view that prompts students to read and analyze, Contemporary Criminal Law: Concepts, Cases, and Controversies, Sixth Edition, by Matthew Lippman, combines the concepts taught in undergraduate criminal law courses with thought-provoking cases and engaging learning tools.

The text uses real-life examples that students connect to and recognize to cover emerging legal topics including constitutional rights, consent, arson, identity theft, and hate crimes. Lippman clearly defines and explains criminal law and defenses and provides cases and discussion questions to stimulate critical thinking and in-class discussion. Every chapter includes cases, case notes, model penal code and discussion boxes, and learning tools.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 The Nature, Purpose, and Function of Criminal Law
Introduction
The Nature of Criminal Law
Criminal and Civil Law
The Purpose of Criminal Law
The Principles of Criminal Law
Categories of Crime
Felonies and Misdemeanors
Mala in Se and Mala Prohibita
Subject Matter
Sources of Criminal Law
The Common Law
State Criminal Codes
State Police Power
The Model Penal Code
Federal Statutes
Constitutional Limitations
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 2 Constitutional Limitations
Introduction
The Rule of Legality
Bills of Attainder and Ex Post Facto Laws
Bills of Attainder
Ex Post Facto Laws
The Supreme Court and Ex Post Facto Laws
Statutory Clarity
Clarity
Definite Standards for Law Enforcement
Void for Vagueness
Equal Protection
Three Levels of Scrutiny
Freedom of Speech
Overbreadth
Hate Speech
Privacy
The Constitutional Right to Privacy
The Constitutional Right to Privacy and Same-Sex Relations Between Consenting Adults in the Home
The Right to Bear Arms
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 3 Punishment and Sentencing
Introduction
Punishment
Purposes of Punishment
Retribution
Deterrence
Rehabilitation
Incapacitation
Restoration
Sentencing
Approaches to Sentencing
Sentencing Guidelines
Plea Bargaining
Truth in Sentencing
Victims’ Rights
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Methods of Punishment
The Amount of Punishment: Capital Punishment
Lethal Injection
The Juvenile Death Penalty
The Amount of Punishment: Sentences for a Term of Years
The Amount of Punishment: Drug Offenses
Criminal Punishment and Status Offenses
The Amount of Punishment: Marijuana Legalization
Equal Protection
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 4 Actus Reus
Introduction
Criminal Acts
Voluntary Criminal Acts
Analysis
Status Offenses
Omissions
The American and European Bystander Rules
The Duty to Intervene
Possession
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 5 Mens Rea, Concurrence, Causation
Introduction
Mens Rea
The Evidentiary Burden
The Model Penal Code Standard
Purposely
Transferred Intent
Knowingly
Recklessly
Negligently
Strict Liability
Concurrence
Causation
Cause in Fact
Legal or Proximate Cause
Intervening Cause
Coincidental Intervening Acts
Responsive Intervening Acts
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 6 Parties to Crime and Vicarious Liability
Introduction
Parties to a Crime
Actus Reus of Accomplice Liability
Mens Rea of Accomplice Liability
Natural and Probable Consequences Doctrine
Accessory After the Fact
The Common Law
The Elements of Accessory After the Fact
Vicarious Liability
Corporate Liability
Public Policy
Automobiles, Parents, and Vicarious Liability
Traffic Tickets
Parents
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 7 Attempt, Conspiracy, and Solicitation
Introduction
Attempt
History of Attempt
Public Policy and Attempt
The Elements of Criminal Attempt
Mens Rea of Attempt
A Criminal Attempt Involves a Dual Intent
Actus Reus of Attempt
Three Legal Tests
The Physical Proximity and Substantial Step Tests
Impossibility
Abandonment
Conspiracy
Actus Reus
Overt Act
Mens Rea
Parties
The Structure of Conspiracies
Criminal Objectives
Conspiracy Prosecutions
Solicitation
Public Policy
The Crime of Solicitation
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 8 Justifications
Introduction
The Prosecutor’s Burden
Affirmative Defenses
Mitigating Circumstances
Self-Defense
The Central Components of Self-Defense
The Law of Self-Defense: The Reasonable Person
Reasonable Belief
The Law of Self-Defense: Justifiable Force
Excessive Force
Retreat
Defense of Others
Defense of the Home
Execution of Public Duties
The Modern Legal Standard
Resisting Unlawful Arrests
Necessity
Consent
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 9 Excuses
Introduction
The Insanity Defense
The Right-Wrong Test
The Irresistible Impulse Test
The Durham Product Test
The Substantial Capacity Test
Burden of Proof
The Future of the Insanity Defense
Diminished Capacity
Intoxication
Voluntary Intoxication
Involuntary Intoxication
Age
Duress
The Elements of Duress
Duress and Correctional Institutions
The Duress Defense
Mistake of Law and Mistake of Fact
Mistake of Law
Mistake of Fact
Entrapment
The Law of Entrapment
The Subjective Test
The Objective Test
Due Process
The Entrapment Defense
New Defenses
Some New Defenses
The Cultural Defense
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 10 Homicide
Introduction
Types of Criminal Homicide
Actus Reus and Criminal Homicide
The Beginning of Human Life
The End of Human Life
Mens Rea and Criminal Homicide
Murder
First-Degree Murder
Capital and Aggravated First-Degree Murder
Second-Degree Murder
Depraved Heart Murder
Felony Murder
Corporate Murder
Manslaughter
Voluntary Manslaughter
Voluntary Manslaughter Reconsidered
Negligent Manslaughter
Misdemeanor Manslaughter
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 11 Criminal Sexual Conduct, Assault and Battery, Kidnapping, and False Imprisonment
Introduction
The Common Law of Rape
The Elements of the Common Law of Rape
Rape Reform
The Impact of Rape Reform
Punishment and Sexual Assault
The Actus Reus of Modern Rape
Other Approaches to the Actus Reus of Modern Rape
The Mens Rea of Rape
Statutory Rape
Withdrawal of Consent
Rape Shield Laws
Assault and Battery
The Elements of Battery
Simple and Aggravated Battery
Domestic Battery
Assault
Aggravated Assault
The Elements of Assault
Stalking
Kidnapping
Criminal Intent
Criminal Act
False Imprisonment
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 12 Burglary, Trespass, Arson, and Mischief
Introduction
Burglary
Breaking
Entry
Dwelling House
Dwelling of Another
Nighttime
Intent
Aggravated Burglary
Do We Need the Crime of Burglary?
Two Cases on Burglary
Trespass
Arson
Burning
Dwelling
Dwelling of Another
Willful and Malicious
Grading
Criminal Mischief
Mens Rea
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 13 Crimes Against Property
Introduction
Larceny
Actus Reus: Trespassory Taking
Asportation
Property of Another
Mens Rea
Grades of Larceny
Embezzlement
False Pretenses
Actus Reus
Mens Rea
Theft
Identity Theft
Computer Crime
Receiving Stolen Property
Actus Reus
Mens Rea
Forgery and Uttering
Actus Reus
Mens Rea
Uttering
Simulation
Robbery
Actus Reus
Mens Rea
Concurrence
Grading Robbery
Carjacking
Extortion
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 14 White-Collar Crime
Introduction
Environmental Crimes
Occupational Health and Safety
Securities Fraud
Insider Trading
Mail and Wire Fraud
The Travel Act
Health Care Fraud
Money Laundering
Antitrust Violations
Public Corruption
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 15 Crimes Against Public Order and Morality
Introduction
Disorderly Conduct
Riot
Public Indecencies: Quality-of-Life Crimes
Vagrancy and Loitering
Homelessness
Gangs
The Overreach of Criminal Law
Prostitution and Solicitation
The Crime of Prostitution
Legal Regulation of Prostitution
Obscenity
Cruelty to Animals
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Chapter 16 Crimes Against the State
Introduction
Treason
Criminal Act and Criminal Intent
Prosecuting Treason
Sedition
Sabotage
Espionage
Terrorism
Definition of Terrorism
Terrorism Outside the United States
Terrorism Transcending National Boundaries
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Mass Transportation Systems
Harboring or Concealing Terrorists
Material Support for Terrorism
Combat Immunity
State Terrorism Statutes
International Criminal Law
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Questions
Legal Terminology
Test Your Knowledge Answers
Notes
Glossary
Case Index
Subject Index
About the Author

Matthew Lippman is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and has taught criminal law and criminal procedure for more than 30 years. He has also taught courses on civil liberties, law and society, and terrorism and has taught international criminal law at UIC School of Law. He earned a doctorate in political science from Northwestern University, earned a master of laws from Harvard Law School, and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar. He has been voted by the graduating seniors at UIC to receive the Silver Circle Award for outstanding teaching on six separate occasions and has also received the UIC Flame Award from the University of Illinois Alumni Association, as well as the Excellence in Teaching Award, the Teaching Recognition (Portfolio) Award, the HOPE Award, and the Honors College Fellow of the Year Award. The university chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, the criminal justice honors society, named him Criminal Justice Professor of the Year on three occasions. In 2008, he was recognized as a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Master Teacher. He was honored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, which named him Commencement Marshal at the May 2012 graduation. Professor Lippman is also recognized in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
Professor Lippman is author of 100 articles and author or coauthor of six books. These publications focus on criminal law and criminal procedure, international human rights, and comparative law. He also is author of five other SAGE volumes: Criminal Procedure (4th ed., 2020), Essential Criminal Law (3rd ed., 2020), Law and Society (3rd ed., 2021), Criminal Evidence (2016), and Striking the Balance: Debating Criminal Justice and Law (2018). In 2018, he received the Cornerstone Author Award from SAGE Publishing. His work is cited in hundreds of academic publications and by domestic and international courts and organizations. He also has served on legal teams appearing before the International Court of Justice in The Hague and submitting briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court, has testified as an expert witness on international law before numerous state and federal courts, and has consulted with both private organizations and branches of the U.S. government.
Professor Lippman regularly appears as a radio and television commentator and is frequently quoted in leading newspapers. He has served in every major administrative position at UIC in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice including Department Head, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and Director of Graduate Studies.

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