Summary:
Criminal law is a dynamic and popular element of all law degrees.Unlocking Criminal Law will ensure that you grasp the main concepts with ease providing you with an indispensable foundation in the subject. This third edition is fully up-to-date with the latest changes in the law and now includes discussion of the Fraud Act, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act, and the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act, as well as all the major new cases.



The Unlocking the Law series is designed specifically to make the law accessible. Each chapter opens with aims and objectives and contains activities such as quick quizzes and self-test questions, key facts charts, diagrams to aid learning and numerous headings and sub-headings to make the subject manageable. New features include summaries to check your understanding of each chapter, a glossary of legal terminology, essay questions with answer plans and exam questions with guidance on answering.

All titles in the series follow the same formula and include the same features so students can move easily from one subject to another. The series covers all the core subjects required by the Bar Council and the Law Society for entry onto professional qualifications as well as popular option units.

Resources supporting this book are available online at www.unlockingthelaw.co.uk. These include:
• multiple choice questions
• key questions and answers
• revision mp3s available for free download
• interactive glossary and flashcards

• The best pedagogic law textbooks now have even more features to make learning the law easier, from chapter summaries to sample essay plans
• The modernised, colour design and increased number of diagrams enhances the visual appeal of the books and improves readability
• Numerous citations, quotations and extracts mean that students will be exposed to primary sources of legal language
• Cases and judgments are highlighted making them easy to find for cross-reference and revision
• Concept and terms are explained clearly allowing for accessibility and understanding
• www.unlockingthelaw.co.uk provides free interactive mcqs and key exam questions with guidance on how to answer, as well as updates to the law

Table of Contents:
1 Introduction to criminal law
2 Actus reus
3 Mens rea
4 Strict liability
5 Parties to a crime
6 Inchoate offences
7 Capacity
8 General defences
9 Homicide
10 Non-fatal offences against the person
11 Sexual offences
12 Theft
13 Robbery, burglary and other offences in the Theft Acts
14 Deception offences
15 Criminal damage
16 Public order offences
Index

About the Author(s):
Authors:
Jacqueline Martin LLM has ten years’ experience as a practising barrister and has taught law at all levels. She is also an experienced author whose other titles include Key Facts: Criminal Law and Key Cases: Criminal Law, also published by Hodder Education.

Tony Storey LLB LLM is Senior Lecturer in law at Northumbria University.

Series Editor:
Chris Turner LLM is a qualified barrister and Senior Lecturer in law at Wolverhampton University. He has taught law at all levels and is an experienced author.

Jacqueline Martin and Chris Turner are series editors of the Key Facts and Key Cases series, published by Hodder Education.

Readership:
Undergraduate students taking criminal law modules