This casebook melds analytic sophistication & contemporary controversy. It seeks to combine an intellectually rich presentation of criminal law concepts & doctrines with an increased attention to the cultural & political debates that dominate our times. Highlights include: * Economical introduction on the purposes of punishment * Current controversies in the law of rape & sexual assault * The battered woman syndrome & domestic violence * The Bernard Goetz case & the use of deadly force in self-defense * A study of the insanity defense * Rich coverage of capital punishment, including race & the death penalty * Inclusion of RICO in materials on complicity & conspiracy ###1-56662-747-8