American criminal law : its people, principles, and evolution /: its people, principles, and evolution. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul H. Robinson, Sarah M. Robinson.
• Authors: Robinson, Paul H, 1948-; Robinson, Sarah M
• Contents: Part I. Liability Principles 1 Legality: Hitler’s Warmaking; Adolf Hitler – 1939; The Legality Principle; Ray Brent Marsh – 1997; Legality in the States; The Strengths and Weaknesses of a Commitment to the Legality Principle; Aftermaths 2 Punishment Theory: The Prince of Pickpockets; The Prince of Pickpockets – 1906; Punishment Theory and Alternative Distributive Principles; William James Rummel – 1973; Habitual Offender Treatment in the States; Can the Natural Tension between Fighting Crime and Doing Justice Be Minimized?; Aftermaths; Appendix: Model Penal Code "Purposes" Section Amendment 3 Culpability: Homer Simpson’s Felony Murder; Homer Simpson – 1929; Culpability Requirements; The Felony-Murder Rule; Moors Child Murderers – 1964; Felony-Murder Liability in the States; Does the Disproportionality of Punishment to Blameworthiness under the Felony-Murder Rule Help or Hurt the Criminal Law’s Goals?; Aftermaths 4 Homicide Provocation: A Webster Murder at Harvard; Dr. John Webster – 1849; Provocation; Dan White – 1978; Murder Mitigation in the States; Should Provocation or Extreme Emotional Disturbance Be Dealt with Simply as a Sentencing Factor?; Aftermaths 5 Causation: The Grand Wizard Causes a Suicide; D.C. Stephenson – 1925; Causation Requirements; Lori Drew – 2006; Causation in the States; Criminal Law’s Reliance Upon Ordinary People’s Intuitive Judgments of Causation; Aftermaths 6 Consent: Marquis De Sade’s Sadomasochism; The Marquis de Sade – 1768; Consent to Injury; Marvin Samuels – 1964; Consent to Injury in the States; Should a Society Avoid Gaps between the Criminal Law Rules and Its Societal Norms?; Consent as a Defense: Sexual Offenses; Aftermaths; Appendix: Revised Model Penal Code Article 213. Sexual Offenses 7 Attempt: From Child Rape to Cannibal Cop; H.M. Wooldridge – 1916; Attempt; Blaec Lammers – 2012; Current Diversity in Attempt Liability Requirements; What Should Be the Objective and Culpability Requirements for Attempt?; Cannibal Cop – 2012; Fantasy and Irresolute Intention; Aftermaths 8 Complicity: The Haymarket Riots; August Spies – 1886; Complicity; Cardinal Bernard Law – 2003; Current Diversity in Complicity Liability Rules; What Should Be the Culpability Requirements for Complicity?; Aftermaths 9 Conspiracy: Lincoln’s Non-Assassins; Samuel Arnold – 1865; Conspiracy and the Complicity Liability of Co-Conspirators; Shellie Marie Schorovsky – 1997; Diversity Among the States Regarding Pinkerton and Withdrawal; Should a State Adopt the Pinkerton Rule? A Withdrawal Defense?; Aftermaths 10 Omissions: The Richest Woman in America Neglects Her Son; Hetty Green – 1882; Omission Liability; Rebecca and Timothy Wyland – 2010; Diversity Among the States Regarding Child Neglect; What Duties Should a Parent Have to a Child the Breach of Which Would Create Criminal Liability?; Aftermaths Part II. General Defenses 11 Lesser Evils: Cannibalism at Sea; Thomas Dudley – 1884; Lesser Evils Justification; Wolfgang Daschner – 2002; Diversity Among the States for a Lesser Evils Defense; Do We Really Need a General Justification (Lesser Evils/Necessity) Defense?; Aftermaths 12 Self-Defense: Slave Celia Defends Against Rape; Slave Celia – 1855; Self-Defense; Bernhard Goetz – 1984; Diversity Among the States on Self-Defense; To What Threats Should the Right to Use Deadly Defensive Force Be Limited?; Aftermaths 13 Law Enforcement Authority: Gunfight at the OK Corral; Wyatt Earp – 1881; Law Enforcement Authority; Law Enforcement Authority in the States; Is the All-or-Nothing Approach to Mistake as to a Justification to be Preferred over the Sliding-Scale Approach?; Elton Hymon – 1974; Aftermaths 14 Insanity: The Assassination of President Garfield; Charles Guiteau – 1881; Insanity Defense; Insanity Defense Cognitive Dysfunction in the States; John Hinckley – 1981; Insanity Defense Control Dysfunction in the States; How Broad Should the Insanity Defense Be?; Aftermaths 15 Immaturity: Billy the Kid’s First Killing; Henry McCarty – 1871; Immaturity Excuse; Christopher Pittman – 2001; Immaturity Defense in the States; What Immaturity Defense, If Any, Should Be Available for Murder?; Aftermaths 16 Statute of Limitation: Hunting Nazi War Criminals; Walter Rauff – 1962; Statute of Limitations; Should Statutes of Limitation be Narrowed?; Oskar Groening – 2014; Statutes of Limitation in American States; Aftermaths 17 Entrapment: Mary Queen of Scots Plots an Overthrow; Mary Queen of Scots – 1587; Entrapment Defense; John DeLorean – 1982; Entrapment Defenses in the States; Is the Entrapment Defense an Excuse or a Non-Exculpatory Defense?; Aftermaths Part III. Specific Offenses 18 Endangerment: Causing the Johnstown Flood; South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club – 1889; Distinguishing Intentional Killing from Culpable Risk-Taking; Criminalizing Risk-Creation Alone; Tequilla Newsome – 1990; Endangerment Statutes in the States; Are General Reckless Endangerment Offenses Necessary?; Aftermaths 19 Extortion: Blackmailing Elvis Presley; Dr. Laurenz Griessel-Landau – 1959; Extortion; Robert "Joe" Halderman – 2009; Extortion Variations Among the States; What Is the Proper Formulation for a Blackmail Offense?; Aftermaths 20 Domestic Violence: Ike and Tina Turner: What’s Love Got to Do with It?; Ike Turner – 1960; Changing Views on Domestic Violence; Examples of Reform: Marital Rape Exemption and Required Police Intervention; Cody Latimer – 2016; Is It Important for Criminal Law to Keep Up with the Community’s Changing Norms?; Aftermaths 21 Harassment: Wooing Bette Davis; Alexander Ross – 1936; Changing Views on Stalking and Harassment; Joshua Corbett – 2014; Current State of Harassment and Stalking Offenses; Do Today’s Stalking Offenses Violate the Proportionality Principle?; Aftermaths; Appendix: Sample Harassment and Stalking Statute 22 Statutory Rape: Oscar Wilde’s Sodomy; Oscar Wilde – 1895; Sodomy; Statutory Rape; Zachery Anderson – 2014; Statutory Rape Definitions in the States; Contemplating the Diversity Among the States; Aftermaths 23 Adultery: Frank Sinatra and a Changing Morality; Frank Sinatra – 1938; Adultery; Laura and William Geisselman – 1919; Adultery Offenses in the States; Using the Criminal Law for Morality Enforcement; Is It Useful or Problematic to Have a Criminal Offense That Is Rarely If Ever Enforced?; Aftermaths 24 Obscenity: Fanny Hill, the Most Prosecuted Book in History; John Cleland’s Fanny Hill – 1821; Changing Views of Obscenity; Larry Flynt and Hustler Magazine – 1976; Obscenity Offenses in the States; Should Criminal Law Be in the Morality Enforcement Business?; Aftermaths 25 Child Pornography: Lewis Carroll Photographs Alice in Wonderland; Lewis Carroll – 1859; Child Pornography; Cormega Copening – 2015; Protected-Age Diversity Among the States; Does Child Pornography Justify the Serious Treatment It Is Given Today?; Aftermaths 26 Deceptive Business Practices: Collier’s Great American Fraud; Anglo-American Drug Company – 1907; Consumer Protection; Samuel G
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 345.73; Criminal law -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000593396; 9781000593372; 9781003258025
• Related ISBNs: 9781032191867; 9781032191850
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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