Principles of criminal law / Cliff Roberson LLM, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas and Professor of Criminology (ret.), California State University, Fresno; Michael D. O'Reilley, JD, Deputy Attorney General (ret.), State of California, Adjunct Professor, California State University, East Bay.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction to Criminal Law -- Origins of Criminal Law -- Principles of Criminal Responsibility -- Morals Versus Law -- Classification of Crimes -- Case Law -- Reform of Criminal Law -- Police Powers of Government -- Punishment -- 2. Criminal Liability -- Bill of Rights -- Due Process -- Eighth Amendment -- Jurisdiction -- Social Harm -- Right to Privacy -- Legality -- Equal Protection -- Double Jeopardy -- Doctrine of Merger --- 3. Requirement of an Act -- Act : Actus Reus -- Legal Duty -- Intent : Mens Rea -- Joinder of Intent and Act -- Causation -- Presumptions -- 4. Inchoate or Anticipatory Crimes -- Solicitation -- Elements of Solicitation -- Conspiracy -- Accomplices and Accessories -- Attempts -- Comparing Inchoate Crimes -- Multiple Convictions of Inchoate Crimes Related to the Same Crime -- 5. Defenses -- Criminal Responsibility -- Justification and Excuse -- Procedural Defenses -- 6. Homicide -- Murder -- Felony Murder -- Voluntary Manslaughter-- Involuntary Manslaughter -- Negligent Manslaughter -- Special Problems in Homicide -- Comparing and Contrasting Homicides -- 7. Sex crimes -- Rape -- Sodomy and Oral Copulation -- Other Sexual Acts and Offenses -- Sexual assault -- 8. Crimes Against Persons -- Kidnapping -- False Imprisonment -- Human Trafficking -- Stalking -- Assault and Battery -- Aggravated Assault and Battery -- Mayhem -- Terrorism -- 9. Theft and Property Crimes -- Larceny -- Larceny by Trick -- False pretenses -- Embezzlement -- Consolidation of Theft Offenses -- Receiving Stolen Property -- Forgery -- Money Laundering -- Counterfeiting -- Identity Theft -- 10. Robbery, Extortion, and Bribery -- Robbery -- Extortion -- Special Problems in Robbery and Extortion -- Bribery -- 11. Crimes Against Habitation -- Burglary -- Storage Container -- Criminal Trespass -- Arson -- Special Problems in Crimes Against Habitation -- 12. Crimes Against Public Morals -- Obscenity -- Prostitution -- Incest, Bigamy, and Polygamy -- Games of Chance -- Public Corruption -- 13. Narcotics and Alcohol Crimes -- Narcotic Offenses -- Alcohol Offenses -- Solutions -- 14. Crimes of Abuse -- Child Abuse -- Elder Abuse -- Partner Abuse -- 15. White-Collar and Organized Crimes -- Defining White-Collar Crime -- Victims -- Prosecution -- White-Collar Crimes -- RICO -- 16. Punishments -- Introduction to Sentencing -- Types of Sentences -- Incarceration and its Alternatives -- Capital punishment.