Complete Criminal Law Text, Cases, and Materials (3rd Ed)

Offers a complete guide to the LLB/CPE criminal law syllabus with extracts from key cases, academic materials and explanatory text integrated into a very clear narrative
A range of pedagogical features, including concise summaries, diagrams, examples, and thinking points are included to facilitate and reinforce understanding
Every chapter offers introductory and concluding bullet-point reviews, with a final section challenging students to apply what they have learned through examination-style questions (guidance on answering these questions can be found on the accompanying Online Resource Centre)
Extracts are included from key cases. Every extract is placed fully in context and framed carefully in explanatory text to highlight its meaning and significance
Students are referred to the social and moral context of the law, wherever relevant, to encourage them to engage fully with the topical subject matter
An Online Resource Centre provides a host of additional materials for both lecturers and students; a test bank of multiple choice questions that can be downloaded to a Virtual Learning Environment, along with guidance on answering questions posed throughout the text, regular updates to the law, and web links
New to this edition

Coverage of several recent cases of importance including · Girdler (Causation) · Zahid; M & B (Strict Liability) · Willett; ABCD; Mendez & Thompson; Stringer; Gnango in the Supreme Court (Joint Enterprise) · Winter & Winter (Gross Negligence Manslaughter) · Keane; Burns (Self-defence) · Doyle (Rape) · Ricketts (Theft) · SH; Jones (Racial Aggravation) · Curtis (Harassment)
Full coverage of changes made to the partial defences to murder by the Coroners & Justice Act 2009
Expanded coverage of the Corporate Manslaughter & Corporate Homicide Act 2007, Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and the Crime & Disorder Act 1998
Complete Criminal Law: Text, Cases, & Materials offers a student-centered approach to the criminal law syllabus. Clear and concise explanation of general legal principles is combined with fully integrated extracts from the leading cases and a wide range of academic materials. The extracts have been carefully selected to ensure that they are detailed enough to illustrate the point of law under consideration, but succinct enough not to disrupt the flow of the text or to intimidate the student new to the study of criminal law.

The book has been carefully structured with the needs of the student firmly in mind. Each chapter begins with basic principles, and gradually covers all the core topics a student needs to know. Unique to this textbook is the extent to which the law is placed firmly in its social context. This will reinforce understanding by relating essential aspects of the law to vital social and moral problems.

Throughout the text a range of learning features are employed to consolidate understanding and encourage application: thinking points containing reflective and short answer questions, definition boxes, summary points, diagrams, and problem/essay questions (with guidance on answering all questions on the accompanying Online Resource Centre). Chapter summaries and further reading recommendations provide the perfect springboard for further research.

This innovative text aims to engage the reader in an active approach to learning and to stimulate reflection about the role of criminal law in society.

Online Resource Centre

Student resources
- 6-monthly updates
- Links to relevant websites
- Guideline answers to problem questions and thinking points
- Exam style questions with guideline answers on hot exam topics

Lecturer resources
- Test bank of 200 multiple choice questions


Readership: Students on the LLB/CPE studying modules on criminal law.