WebExtras!
Note: As each “extra” opens in its own window, you must enable popups in your browser for this site to work properly.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14


Chapter 1: The Nature and History of Criminal Law

Web Extra! 1-1. Encyclopedia.com: Principles of Criminal Law

Web Extra! 1-2 Wikipedia: Crime

Web Extra! 1-3. Encyclopedia.com: Common Law

Web Extra! 1-4. The Law Dictionary

Web Extra! 1-5. Plain English Legal Dictionary

Web Extra! 1-6. Roscoe Pound's "Jural Postulates"

Web Extra! 1-7. The Rule of Law

Web Extra! 1-8. Excerpts from Blackstone's Commentaries

Web Extra! 1-9. The Code of Hammurabi

Web Extra! 1-10. The Common Law

Web Extra! 1-11. Wikipedia: Legal Codes

Web Extra! 1-12. The American Law Institute

Web Extra! 1-13. Learn About Legal Research

Web Extra! 1-14. Basic Legal Citation



Chapter 2: Criminal Liability and the Essence of Crime

Web Extra! 2-1. American Bar Association

Web Extra! 2-2. American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section

Web Extra! 2-3. Commonwealth v. Webster, 59 Mass. 295 (1850)

Web Extra! 2-4. Findlaw: mens rea

Web Extra! 2-5. Mental State and Criminal Liability

Web Extra! 2-6. Proving Guilty Knowledge (State v. Semakula)

Web Extra! 2-7. Morissette v. United States, 342 U.S. 246, 250 (1952)



Chapter 3: Expanding the Concept of Crime

Web Extra! 3-1. Law Desk Legal Dictionary: Elements of Crime



Chapter 4:  Extending Criminal Liability: Inchoate Offenses and Parties to Crime

Web Extra! 4-1. U.S. v. Davis, 8 F.3d 923 (2d Cir. 1993)

Web Extra! 4-2. Criminal Attempt

Web Extra! 4-3. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Kelley, 58 A.2d 375 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1948)

Web Extra! 4-4. People v. Powell, 63 N.Y. 88 (1875)

Web Extra! 4-5. U.S. v. Alvarez, 625 F.2d 1196 (5th Cir. 1980)

Web Extra! 4-6. Criminal Complicity

Web Extra! 4-7. Vaughn and Sons v. State of Texas, 649 S.W. 2d 677 (1983)



Chapter 5: Justifications as Defenses

Web Extra! 5-1. Defenses

Web Extra! 5-2. 'Lectric Law Library: Self-defense

Web Extra! 5-3. Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985)



Chapter 6: Excuses as Defenses

Web Extra! 6-1. Commonwealth of Kentucky Penal Code: Ignorance and Mistake

Web Extra! 6-2. Ratzlaf v. U.S., 114 S. Ct. 655 (1994)

Web Extra! 6-3. Sorrells v. U.S., 287 U.S. 435 (1932)

Web Extra! 6-4. Emerging Defenses

Web Extra! 6-5. Report to Congress: Battering and Its Effects



Chapter 7: The Defense of Insanity

Web Extra! 7-1. Westbrook v. State, 658 So.2d 847 (Miss. 1995)

Web Extra! 7-2. Cooper v. Oklahoma, 517 U.S. 348 (1996)

Web Extra! 7-3. Washington Post: Insanity and the Criminal Law

Web Extra! 7-4. Durham v. U.S., 1954 DC 212 (1972)

Web Extra! 7-5. Legal Information Institute: Diminished Responsibility



Chapter 8: Legal and Social Dimensions of Personal Crime: Homicide

Web Extra! 8-1. Encyclopedia.com: Murder

Web Extra! 8-2. Euthanasia Information

Web Extra! 8-3. End Of Life Choices (Legislative guidelines section)

Web Extra! 8-4. Kevorkian History



Chapter 9: Legal and Social Dimensions of Personal Crime: Assault, Battery, and Other Personal Crimes

Web Extra! 9-1. Antistalking Web Site

Web Extra! 9-2. Attorney General's report on cyberstalking

Web Extra! 9-3. National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

Web Extra! 9-4. The 911 Commission Report



Chapter 10:  Legal and Social Dimensions of Property and Computer Crimes

Web Extra! 10-1. Wikipedia: Theft

Web Extra! 10-2. Encyclopedia.com: Embezzlement

Web Extra! 10-3. Encyclopedia.com: Extortion

Web Extra! 10-4. FTC.gov: Identity theft

Web Extra! 10-5. Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

Web Extra! 10-6. National Fraud Information Center

Web Extra! 10-7. Cybercrime.gov

Web Extra! 10-8. Computer Crime Laws by State

Web Extra! 10-9. Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, U.S. Department of Justice.



Chapter 11: Offenses Against Public Order and the Administration of Justice

Web Extra! 11-1. City of Houston v. Hill, 482 U.S. 451, 459 (1987)

Web Extra! 11-2. Kolender v. Lawson, 461 U.S. 352 (1983)

Web Extra! 11-3. Encyclopedia.com: vagrancy

Web Extra! 11-4. National Rifle Association

Web Extra! 11-5. Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

Web Extra! 11-6. CNN: Guns Under Fire



Chapter 12: Offenses Against Public Morality

Web Extra! 12-1. Roth v. U.S., 354 U.S. 476 (1957)

Web Extra! 12-2. Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973)

Web Extra! 12-3. ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project

Web Extra! 12-4. U.S. v. Ursery, 518 U.S. 267 (1996)



Chapter 13: Victims and the Law

Web Extra! 13-1. Victims Asistance Online

Web Extra! 13-2. National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)

Web Extra! 13-3. National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC)

Web Extra! 13-4. Uniform Crime Reports

Web Extra! 13-5. The NIBRS Project

Web Extra! 13-6. NCVS Data



Chapter 14: Punishment and Sentencing

Web Extra! 14-1. Wikipedia: Crime And Punishment

Web Extra! 14-2. National Association of Sentencing Advocates

Web Extra! 14-3. Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking

Web Extra! 14-4. Mitigating Circumstances

Web Extra! 14-5. The Sentencing Project

Web Extra! 14-6. Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism

Web Extra! 14-7. Southern Poverty Law Center

Web Extra! 14-8. Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)

Web Extra! 14-9. Cornell Law School Death Penalty Project

Web Extra! 14-10. Capital Defense Network

Problems with this page? Please tell schmall@cjtoday.com

Last Modified on January 3 , 2006 Third Edition