Description
A carefully curated selection of modern cases that, in combination with essential classics, teach students the common law foundations of the criminal law and modern statutory reforms
A reorganized presentation of the basic conceptual and doctrinal features of criminal law that highlights the linkages between those doctrines and the institutional practices they support
Thoroughly researched chapter and section introductions, notes, and questions that are clearly written by the authors to introduce concepts and integrate key insights from leading scholarship across fields
Carefully collected empirical research, integrated seamlessly into notes that contextualize legal and policy debates and ground them in real-world factual foundations
Thoughtful integration of interdisciplinary materials that enrich doctrinal and institutional analyses with insights from history, philosophy, sociology, and economics
Analysis of the ways in which criminal law is shaped by, shapes, and reinforces underlying societal forces across a range of dimensions, including race, gender, and class
Examination of how criminal law shapes institutional power, affording discretion and decisionmaking authority to different sets of actors, with a focus on prosecutors and police officers
Investigation of the ramifications of criminal law＊s expansion, with a focus on the attendant pathologies
An exploration of the ideas and interventions advanced by scholars, policymakers, activists, and organizers for addressing systemic failures of the penal system
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