Texas Criminal Law - Principles and Practices

Texas Criminal Law - Principles and Practices examines the substantive criminal law in Texas. Substantive criminal law concerns the definitions of crimes and their penalties, in contrast to procedural criminal law, which focuses on the implementation of the criminal sanction through the laws of arrest, search, seizure, confessions, and the courtroom rules of evidence. Knowledge of the kinds of behavior that are condemned by society as highly undesirable, and thereby deemed criminal, forms one of the cornerstones of the study of criminology and criminal justice. The text is designed to serve as an instructional resource for community college and university-level students of criminal justice. The content also serves as a resource for cadets in Texas peace officer training academies.