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Principles of Criminal Law Overview

The document is a summary for a class assignment on criminal law. It provides the name of the class, topic, name of the principle being discussed, author and year of publication for the source book. The book discusses the basics of criminal law, including important concepts like actus reus and mens rea. It also addresses common crimes and factors that can be considered excusatory offenses.

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Principles of Criminal Law Overview

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GOOGLE SCHOLAR CLASS RESEARCH (Assignment #6) – Jordan Bennett

Name of class: CRIM 2003: Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice

Name of topic: Criminal Law (Addressed in Week 2)

Name: Principles of Criminal Law

Author: Andrew Ashworth, Jeremy Horder

Year Published: 2013

URL:
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=EqecAQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&d
q=Criminal+Law&ots=c7WeK4WtDM&sig=I3kcVawb3cE_oBjWfMthBzIsmKc#v=onepage&q
=Criminal%20Law&f=false

Snip Summary:
This book discusses the basics of Criminal Law. Functions and outlines of Criminal Law
are explained and how they came to be law. It teaches important terms such as actus reus and
mens rea, both of which are need to be convicted in committing a crime. There are many things
that can be considered a crime and this book addresses the crimes most committed. It elaborates
on what the crimes are and how they are committed. Another thing mentioned in the book is
excusatory offenses, so the crime may not have been committed on purpose but the crime was
still committed. This book talks about majority of all things Criminal Law and gives you a better
understanding of what Criminal Law is.

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