Fundamentals of Criminal Law: Caught in the Act

Product Description Fundamentals of Criminal Law: Caught in the Act offers you an accessible, comprehensive and contemporary survey of the field. With a focus on the current state of the law and on contemporary problems that matter to students, all presented in way that piques curiosity and interest, this book will cover topics such as hate crime, free speech, human trafficking, firearms possession and use, self-defense, cybercrime, and Internet stalking. Author Daniel E. Hall provides engaging content to help you to think critically about how criminal acts are defined, defended, and determined. Built around a conversational narrative, the concepts and optional case studies connect to real life. There is also a clear emphasis on cases and examples that are relevant to criminal justice majors and future practitioners, such as litigation against police and correctional officers, terrorism, the death penalty, corporal punishment in prisons, etc. Also available as a digital option (courseware): 978-1-0718-7115-7 Fundamentals of Criminal Law: Caught in the Act - Vantage Digital Option. About the Author Daniel E. Hall, earned his bachelor’s degree at Indiana University, Juris Doctor at Washburn University, and Doctor of Education in higher education curriculum and instruction at the University of Central Florida. After law school, Daniel clerked for both the Honorable Gene E. Brooks, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, and the Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia. He has practiced law in the United States and in Micronesia, where he served as assistant attorney general following his judicial clerkship. In this capacity he litigated some of the young Nation’s first cases that addressed important criminal, constitutional, and traditional law issues. He has been a member of the faculties of the University of Central Florida, the University of Toledo, and Miami University, where he is currently professor of Justice and Community Studies and Political Science, and Affiliate Professor of Global and Intercultural Studies. He is also a visiting professor of law at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. Daniel is the author or coauthor of twenty-eight textbooks, including revisions, and a dozen journal articles on public law subjects. He is father of Grace and Eva, stepfather to Thea, and partner to Aryana.