This book focuses on the 'harm principle', the common-sense view that prevention of harm to persons other than the perpetrator is a legitimate purpose of criminal legislation.

If you have only a vague concept of what forensic science is, this book will provide the answer.

The expert authors cover offenses against the person, habitation and occupancy, property, and more. The book reviews imputability, responsibility in general, limitations in criminal capacity, modifying circumstances, and special defenses.