Criminal Laws 7th edition Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process of NSW

Criminal Laws 7th edition : Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process of NSW
ISBN: 9781760021795
Publication Date: 31 January 2020

The 7th edition of Criminal Laws maintains the distinctive features which have established the book as a leading Australian work for 30 years. The new edition features an expanded author team with expertise across criminal law, criminalisation theory, policing, criminology and crime policy. Criminal Laws has been completely updated to take account of important new legislation, case law and policy. It incorporates insights from the latest research on the impact of criminal laws and the associated practices of police, prosecutors, courts and prisons. As one review put it, this text is simultaneously a textbook, casebook, handbook and reference work. As such it is ideal for criminal law and criminal justice courses as a teaching text, combining as it does primary sources with extensive critical commentary and a contextual perspective. It is likewise indispensable to practitioners for its detailed coverage of substantive law and its extensive references and inter-disciplinary approach make it a first point of call for researchers from all disciplines. Highlights of the 7th edition include discussion and analysis of:

new offences to address technology-facilitated gendered violence and harassment; changes to domestic violence prevention law and policy; recent developments in the interpretation and operation of sexual assault laws, including the Lazarus case; latest developments in homicide law, including the new offence of supply of drugs causing death; expanded and updated analysis of the offence of habitually consorting and other developments in pre-emptive association-based criminalisation; major changes to sentencing law and practice, including the abolition of suspended sentences; controversies over police powers and practices including u...