Targeted towards practitioners handling criminal cases that involve violence, this book covers crimes of violence from first principles to practical points of evidence. Contents include: murder and manslaughter
actus reus
malice aforethought and mistake
voluntary and involuntary manslaughter
homicide and mental incapacity
vehicular homicide
suicide related offences
abortion and child destruction
assault and battery
defences to non-fatal offences
unlawful detention
parties to crimes of violence
and corporate liability.