THE BOOK IS INTENDED FOR USE BY STUDENTS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS, SECURITY REPRESENTATIVES, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION EMPLOYEES, PROBATION AND PAROLE OFFICERS, AND PERSONS SEEKING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW AS A FOUNDATION FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. A SIGNIFICANT IMPETUS TO THE BROAD CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TAKEN IN THE BOOK TOWARD CRIMINAL LAW IS THE TREND TOWARD OPEN RECOGNITION OF DISCRETION AS ESSENTIAL FOR SOCIAL CONTROL. BEHAVIORAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF ANGLO-AMERICAN CRIMINAL LAW ARE ADDRESSED. AN EFFORT IS MADE TO PLACE LAW INTO THE LARGER SOCIAL ORDERING CONTEXT. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CRIMINAL LAW CONTRASTING BASIC SUBSTANTIVE LAW AND, TO A LIMITED DEGREE, PROCEDURAL LAW OF CULTURES AND NATIONS IS PRESENTED. REASONS WHY CRIMINAL LIABILITY IS ATTACHED BY SOCIETY TO CERTAIN PRESCRIBED ACTS DEEMED HARMFUL TO SOCIETY ARE EXAMINED, AND BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW ARE IDENTIFIED. THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THE BOOK IS ON THE COMMON LAW WITH AN OVERVIEW OF STATUTORY DEVIATIONS. REVISION OF FEDERAL LAW IS DISCUSSED, ALONG WITH CRIMINAL LIABILITY, THE ROLE OF WITNESSES, SUBSTANTIVE DEFENSES TO CHARGES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY, THE TREND TOWARD INCREASING CIVIL LIABILITY RISKS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRACTITIONERS, RIGHTS OF PERSONS WHO HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME, RIGHTS OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS, THEORIES OF JUSTICE, AND DISCRETION AND THE LAW. THE METHOD BY WHICH LAW EVOLVES, BECOMES PRECEDENT AND IS RESEARCHED IS DESCRIBED IN AN APPENDIX. A CASE INDEX AND A SUBJECT INDEX ARE PROVIDED. (DEP)