Criminal Law, Cases and Materials Book pdf

Joshua Dressler ( University of California, Los Angeles, 1973) a Distinguished University Professor. He is one of the country's leading authorities on the subjects of criminal law and criminal procedure. His recent research focuses on legal issues concerning battered women. He is the co-author of Criminal Procedure: Principles, Policies, and Perspectives now in its third edition (West, 2006) and the sole author of Cases and Materials on Criminal Law now in its fourth edition (West, 2007). He has written two legal treatises and a wide range of scholarly articles and book chapters on a range of topics in criminal law and procedure. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the four-volume Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, and the co-founder and co-editor of the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law.

Criminal Law, Cases and Materials book pdf by Joshua Dressler

This text, the only criminal law casebook authored by two progressive female law professors of color, provides the reader with both critical race and critical feminist theory perspectives on criminal law while following a traditional format. All of the usual subject areas are covered, but the book is unique in highlighting the cultural context of substantive criminal law. The book seamlessly integrates issues of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation so the teacher who wishes to address such issues does not have to assign supplemental reading assignments in order to do so. The book is also very student-friendly, providing a brief doctrinal overview of the subject matter at the beginning of each chapter.