Criminal law : cases and materials / by George E. Dix, M. Michael Sharlot.

Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: Chapter I Introduction -- A Traditional Criminal Offenses -- B Modern Criminal Codes -- C Sentencing Provisions of Modern Criminal Codes -- D Substantive Criminal Law Issues in Their Procedural Context --Chapter II Criminalization Policy -- A The Nature of Criminal Liability -- B Justification and Functions of Criminalization --Chapter III Constitutional Issues Regarding Criminaliza -- tion and Punishment -- A Proportionality -- B Precision in Definition -- C Need for a Culpable Mental State -- D Proof of Guilt to the Jury: Elements of Crime and Allocating -- the Procedural Burdens --Chapter IV General Principles of Criminal Liability: In -- troduction -- A Analyzing Criminal Liability -- B A Problem of Legislative Purpose: The Unit of Prosecution -- Issue --Chapter V General Principles of Criminal Liability: The -- Act -- A General Requirement of an Act -- B Liability Based on Failure to Act -- C Defining the Act Required for Particular Crimes -- D Act Required by Property Offenses -- E Act Required by Aggravated Property Offenses: Robbery and -- Extortion -- F Act Required by Offenses Directed at the Habitation: Burglary -- and Arson -- G Act Required by Offenses Directed at Personal Security: As -- sault -- H Distinguishing Related Offenses: Defning the Act Required for -- Kidnapping -- Chapter VI General Principles of Criminal Liability: The -- State of Mind -- A State of Mind Analysis and Types of Mental States -- B The Standard State of Mind Requirement for Criminal Liabili -- ty: "General Intent" -- C State Of Mind Beyond "General Intent" -- D State of Mind Less Than "General Intent": The "Strict Liabili -- ty" Offenses -- E "Defenses" Consisting Of "Disproof" Of State Of Mind -- Chapter VII Homicide: Grading the Criminal Causation of -- Death -- A Statutory Formulations -- B Killings With "Malice Aforethought" -- C Premeditated and/or Deliberate Killings: First Degree Murder -- D Provoked or Otherwise Mitigated Killings: Voluntary Man -- slaughter -- E Reckless and Negligent Killings: Involuntary Manslaughter and -- Negligent Homicide ; -- F Deaths Caused in the Perpetration of Crimes: Felony Murder -- and Misdemeanor Manslaughter -- Chapter VIII General Principles of Criminal Liability: Re -- sults and the Requirement of Causation -- Chapter IX General Principles of Criminal Liability: At -- tendant Circumstances and Sexual Assault -- A Lack of Consent and Awareness of Nonconsent Under Tradi -- tional Rape Law -- B Redefining Rape in Terms of Conduct -- Chapter X The Inchoate Crimes -- A Attempts -- B Solicitation -- C Conspiracy -- Chapter XI General Principles of Criminal Liability: Com -- plicity -- A Liability as an "Aider and Abettor" -- B Liability Under the Coconspirator Rule -- C Vicarious Liability -- Chapter XII "Defenses," Justification And Excuse -- A Justification, Necessity, and Duress, Generally -- B Defense of Persons, Property and Related Matters -- C Entrapment -- Chapter XIII Defenses and Other Doctrines Related to -- Mental Illness -- A The Defense of Insanity -- B Diminished Capacity.