Professor David Ormerod CBE, KC is Professor of Criminal Justice at University College London, Deputy High Court Judge, and a Door Tenant at Red Lion Chambers.Karl Laird is a Stipendiary Lecturer and Tutor in Law at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He has also taught at the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, and at the LSE. He is a Barrister at 6KBW College Hill.Dr. Matthew Gibson is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Liverpool, as well as a non-practising barrister (Honourable Society of the Middle Temple).

For over 50 years Smith and Hogan has been used by law students as an authoritative textbook on criminal law. It continues also to serve as a valuable resource for judges and practitioners.

• PART I. General Principles 1: An introduction to criminal law 2: The elements of a crime: actus reus 3: The elements of a crime: mens rea 4: Crimes of negligence 5: Crimes of strict liability 6: Parties to crime 7: Assistance after the offence 8: Corporate and vicarious liability 9: Mental conditions, intoxication and mistake 10: General defences 11: Inchoate crime PART II. Particular Crimes 12: Murder 13: Voluntary manslaughter 14: Involuntary manslaughter 15: Further homicide and related offences 16: Non-fatal offences against the person 17: Sexual offences 18: Theft 19: Robbery 20: Offences of temporary deprivation 21: Making off without payment 22: The Fraud Act 2006 23: Other offences involving fraud 24: Blackmail and related offences 25: Burglary and related offences 26: Handling and related offences 27: Offences of damage to property 28: Computer misuse offences (online chapter) 29: Forgery (online chapter) 30: Obscene communication and publication offences (online chapter) 31: Offences against public order (online chapter) 32: Selected road traffic offences (online chapter) 33: Money laundering (online chapter) 34: Offensive weapons (online chapter)

Professor David Ormerod CBE, KC is Professor of Criminal Justice at University College London, Deputy High Court Judge, and a Door Tenant at Red Lion Chambers.Karl Laird is a Stipendiary Lecturer and Tutor in Law at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He has also taught at the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, and at the LSE. He is a Barrister at 6KBW College Hill.Dr. Matthew Gibson is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Liverpool, as well as a non-practising barrister (Honourable Society of the Middle Temple).

For over 50 years Smith and Hogan has been used by law students as an authoritative textbook on criminal law. It continues also to serve as a valuable resource for judges and practitioners.

• PART I. General Principles 1: An introduction to criminal law 2: The elements of a crime: actus reus 3: The elements of a crime: mens rea 4: Crimes of negligence 5: Crimes of strict liability 6: Parties to crime 7: Assistance after the offence 8: Corporate and vicarious liability 9: Mental conditions, intoxication and mistake 10: General defences 11: Inchoate crime PART II. Particular Crimes 12: Murder 13: Voluntary manslaughter 14: Involuntary manslaughter 15: Further homicide and related offences 16: Non-fatal offences against the person 17: Sexual offences 18: Theft 19: Robbery 20: Offences of temporary deprivation 21: Making off without payment 22: The Fraud Act 2006 23: Other offences involving fraud 24: Blackmail and related offences 25: Burglary and related offences 26: Handling and related offences 27: Offences of damage to property 28: Computer misuse offences (online chapter) 29: Forgery (online chapter) 30: Obscene communication and publication offences (online chapter) 31: Offences against public order (online chapter) 32: Selected road traffic offences (online chapter) 33: Money laundering (online chapter) 34: Offensive weapons (online chapter)