The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction

Description

Enhanced treatment of America＊s long-overdue reckoning with over-criminalization, mass incarceration, and discriminatory law enforcement
Discussion of abolitionist critiques of American penal law and consideration of restorative justice as a possible alternative to traditional punishment
The chapter on rape makes more readily understandable the major split between states that still require proof of some kind of force and those that now make absence of consent sufficient. The material also contains more depth for discussion of the increasingly important question of what ※consent§ means, including several of the most recent cases and the new Model Penal Code provisions on rape approved by the ALI membership in June 2021.
In-depth treatment of racial profiling and police use of excessive force, and a broader discussion of structural pressures and biases in the context of exploring the expansion of excuses
Broader exploration of what society chooses to criminalize and prioritize for enforcement
Updated notes to incorporate contemporary cases and recent news touching on criminal law
Inclusion of additional preeminent cases in the field of criminal law, including:
Kahler v. Kansas
Two new cases on the actus reus of conspiracy 每 the first in a drug distribution context and the second addressing Apple＊s strategy for marketing ebooks on its iPad