Law & crime

Acknowledgements

1. Criminal Law and its Critics

Introduction

Some features of criminal law

Critiques of criminal law

An open attitude

Summary

Study questions

Further reading

2. The Formation of Criminal Justice

Introduction

Theories about the creation of criminal justice

Punishment, vengeance and compensation

The birth of criminal justice

The development of criminal liability

Conclusion: gains and losses

Summary

Study questions

Further reading

3. The Modernization of Criminal Justice

Introduction

Some features of eighteenth-century criminal justice

The movement for reform

The professionalization of policing

The expanding scope of criminal law

Expanding liability for 'traditional' offences

The problem of habitual offenders and the repositioning of criminal justice

Developments within modern criminal law

Conclusion

Summary

Study questions

Further reading

4. Law, Criminology and Responsibility

Crime and free choice

Responsibility and the reactive attitudes

Aspects of responsibility

The internal debate

The external debate

Criminology and the internal debate

Conclusion

Summary

Study questions

Further reading

5. Responsibility and Homicide

Diminished responsibility

Provocation or loss of control

Infanticide

Conclusion

Summary

Study questions

Further reading

6. White-collar and Corporate Crime and the Law

Introduction

Differentiation and assimilation

Strict liability

Corporate criminal liability

Summary

Study questions

Further reading

7. Proving Criminal Guilt

Trial by jury

The adversarial system

The criminal trial: ideals and realities

Evidence in the adversarial trial

Conclusion

Summary

Study questions

Further reading

8. Punishment

Introduction

The criminological analysis of 'penal excess'

Penal moderation

Is contemporary punishment excessive?

Examining the notion of penal excess

Conclusion: From penal moderation to alternative images of crime and justice

Summary

Study questions

Further reading

9. State Crime and Criminal Law

What good will it do?

Just punishment?

Individual accountability for collective crimes

A fair trial?

Stealing conflicts?

Empire?

Conclusion

Summary

Study questions

Further reading

Conclusion

Glossary

A Note on Cases

References

Index of Cases

Index