The illustrated guide to criminal law

"Based on his popular Illustrated Guide to Law webcomic series, Nathaniel Burney debunks all of the popular myths about criminal law that get repeated on street corners, in locker rooms, and on websites every day -- all of them wrong. He teaches everything you never learned about the law. Not just what the law is, but why it's like that and how it works. The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law is a complete law school course that keeps the laughter in manslaughter. You start with the absolute basics (what is crime?) and are soon deep in complex concepts like conspiracy, self-defense, and yes, entrapment -- all explained with clarity, humor, and passion"--Publisher's description.

Crime : "what is it?" -- Punishment : "take that!" -- Rehabilitation : "for the love of God, why?" -- Deterrence : "don't do that again!" -- Removal, retribution, and retaliation : "the three R's" -- Mens rea : "I didn't mean to!" -- Responsibility and depravity : "the axes of evil" -- Actus reus : "what have you done?" -- Attempt : "at least you tried" -- Solicitation, accomplice liability, and conspiracy : "we'll all go down together" -- Excuse defenses : "excuse me!" -- Entrapment : "I was entrapped" -- Necessity : "I had to do it!" -- Duress : "he made me do it!" -- Self-defense : "it was either him or me!" -- Overcriminalization, regulatory crimes, and strict liability : "problems and solutions" -- Examples : "putting it all together."