Criminal Law

Joycelyn M. Pollock (Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany; J.D., University of Houston) is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Texas State University, San Marcos. In addition to 35 years of teaching at the university level, she delivered training to police officers and correctional professionals in the areas of sexual harassment, ethics, criminology, and ethical leadership. She was a member of the U.S. Office of Justice Programs Science Advisory Board, on the editorial boards of Women & Criminal Justice and Crime & Delinquency, and a Trustee-at-Large to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Pollock has published more than 25 books in the areas of ethics, female criminality, corrections, and law. She has received numerous awards, including the Outstanding Alumni Award of SUNY-Albany, the Bruce Smith Sr. Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), and the ACJS Academy Fellow Award for distinguished teaching and scholarly achievement, and she was awarded the University Distinguished Professor Award at Texas State University in 2014. She continues to write and consult in the areas of ethical leadership and training in criminal justice.

Part I. 1. Defining Crimes; 2. Principles Of Criminal Liability; 3. Capacity And Defenses; 4. Preparatory Activity Offenses 1; 5. Offenses Against Persons: Excluding Sex Offenses; 6. Offenses Against Persons: Sex-Related; 7. Offenses Against Property: Destruction And Intrusion Offenses; 8. Offenses Involving Theft And Deception; 9. Offenses Involving Morality And Decency; 10. Offenses Against Public Peace; 11. Offenses Against Justice Administration; 12. Business And Corporate Crimes; Part II: Cases