The common-law definitions of crimes can readily be found in outlines, bar examination preparation materials, and the study guides, hornbook, and treatises listed below.

American Law Institute, Model Penal Code: Official Draft and Explanatory Notes (1985) (Call Number: KF 9219 .A743 1985 LAW RESERVE) This volume contains the official text and explanatory notes of the Model Penal Code.

American Law Institute, Model Penal Code and Commentaries: Official Draft and Revised Comments (Call Number: KF 9219 .A74 LAW RESERVE) These volumes contain the official text of the Model Penal Code along with the explanatory notes and official commentaries.

California Penal Code from the Legislative Counsel's Official California Legislative Information site.

The California Penal Code in print is part of Deering's California Codes Annotated (Call Number: KFC 30.5 .D4 LAW STACKS) and West's Annotated California Codes (Call Number: KFC 30.5 W4 LAW STACKS)

Uniform Laws Annotated, vol. 10A "Model Penal Code" (Call Number: KF165 .A5 1968 LAW REFERENCE) This contains the official text and explanatory notes of the Model Penal Code along with case notes from the two jurisdictions which have most substantially adopted the Model Penal Code (Pennsylvania and New Jersey).

Wayne R. LaFave, Substantive Criminal Law (2003, regular updates) (Call Number: KF 9219 .L39 2003 LAW OPEN RESERVE)

Charles E. Torcia, Wharton's Criminal Law (15th ed. 1993, regular updates) (Call Number: KF 9219 .W48 1993 LAW STACKS)

Wayne R. LaFave, Criminal Law (4th ed. 2003) (Call Number: KF 9219 .L38 2003 LAW OPEN RESERVE) This hornbook is an abridgement of the treatise Substantive Criminal Law.

Paul Bergman & Sara J. Berman-Barrett, The Criminal Law Handbook, Chap. 12 "Crimespeak: Understanding the Language of Criminal Laws" (6th ed. 2004) (Call Number: KF 9619.6 B47 2004 LAW OPEN RESERVE). This chapter presents a quick and dirty overview of terminology and concepts of criminal law.

Joshua Dressler, Understanding Criminal Law (3d ed. 2001) (Call Number: KF 9219 .D74 2001 LAW OPEN RESERVE)

Markus Dirk Dubber, Criminal Law: Model Penal Code (Turning Point Series, 2002) (Call Number: KF 9219 .D83 2002 LAW OPEN RESERVE)

Steven L. Emanuel, Criminal Law (CrunchTime Series 2d ed. 2004) (Call Number: KF 9219.3 .E455 2004 LAW CIRCULATION)

Arnold H. Loewy, Criminal Law in a Nutshell (4th ed. 2003) (Call Number: KF9219.3 .L63 2003 LAW OPEN RESERVE)

Richard J. Singer & John Q. La Fond, Criminal Law: Examples and Explanations (3d ed. 2004) (Call Number: KF 9219.3 S54 2004 LAW OPEN RESERVE and LAW RESERVE)

Outlines for downloading (in Criminal Law and other subjects) from the Internet Legal Research Group

"Area of Law Outlines" (also called "Capsule Summaries") in Criminal Law and other subjects, from LexisNexis. Each outline is available in Word, PDF, or HTML format. (Students do not need LexisNexis IDs to view or download these outlines.)

BarBri First Year Review (at Zief Law Library Circulation/Reserve Desk). Outlines for the traditional first-year classes, including Criminal Law.

BarPassers-Vol. I: Multistate Subjects (Call Number: KFC 76 .B378 1999 LAW CIRCULATION) Outlines to prepare for the Multistate subjects of the bar examination, including Criminal Law.

Steven L. Emanuel, Criminal Law (5th ed. 2003) (Call Number: KF9219.3 .E45 2003 LAW RESERVE)

Laurie R. Levenson, Criminal Law (Roadmap Law course Outlines, 1997) (Call Number: KF 9219 .L388 1997 LAW OPEN RESERVE) This outline also includes sample examination questions and sample answers.

Peter W. Low, Criminal Law (Black Letter Series, 2d ed. 2002) (Call Number: KF 9219.3 L69 2002 LAW OPEN RESERVE) This outline also includes practice examination questions along with sample answers.

CALI Lessons in Criminal Law are available from the CALI Web site.

CALI Exercises are online, interactive tutorials. There are exercises for many law school courses, including Criminal Law. Law students who want to access these exercises will need the school's CALI authorization code. To get USF's CALI authorization codes, visit the Zief Library reference desk or call us at 415-422-6773.

There are several items at the Zief Law Library Circulation⁄Reserve Desk that can be used to prepare for exams.

Some professors have placed their old exams on reserve at the Zief Library's Circulation⁄Reserve Desk. Ask at the desk by course name or professor's name.

Since Criminal Law is both a California Bar Exam essay topic and a Multistate Bar Exam topic, some bar examination preparation material is also listed here. Note that some of the bar examination material may have a different focus than what your professor may be looking for. Some of the resources in the "Outlines" section of this guide also have exam preparation material.

BarPassers California Testing Reference Materials (Call Number: KFC 76 .B37 1999 LAW CIRCULATION) Bar examination essays and suggested answers.

BarPassers Multistate Practice Questions and Simulated Multistate Bar Exam (Call Number: KFC 76 .B379 1999 LAW CIRCULATION)

Essay Questions and Selected Answers: From the California Bar Examination (Call Number: KFC 76 .E87 LAW RESERVE for latest 5 years; older exams in LAW COMPACT STORAGE) Essay questions and answers from the California Bar Examination. Check the front of each booklet to see if criminal law was an essay topic for that exam.

Beginning with the July 2001 exam, the State Bar's web site also has essay questions and selected answers. From the home page of the State Bar of California, follow the path: "Home > Bar Exam > Examination Results⁄Statistics."

Multistate Questions - PMBR Multistate Workbook (Call Number: KF 388 .M82 LAW CIRCULATION) A set of workbooks with multiple-choice questions and answers designed to prepare test takers for the Multistate Bar Examination.

Brian N. Siegel, Lazar Emanuel & Jason Tannenbaum, Siegel's Criminal Law: Essay and Multiple Choice Questions and Answers (Siegel's Series, 3d ed., 1998). (At Zief Law Library Circulation⁄Reserve Desk; LAW OPEN RESERVE).

Authorized Lexis users may find selected criminal law and procedure sources on Lexis.com in the "Search Advisor."

Once you log on to lexis.com, click on the link for the "Search Advisor," then scroll down for the legal topic "Criminal Law & Procedure."

Authorized Lexis users may find the California Penal Code on Lexis.com by following this path in the "Legal" tab of the "Look for a Source" directory:

States Legal - U.S. > California > Statutes and Legislative Materials > CA - Deering's California Codes Annotated

The California Penal Code is on Westlaw in the California annotated codes database (CA-ST-ANN database) and in the California unannotated codes database (CA-ST database).

Uniform Laws Annotated, Model Penal Code. - The text of the Model Penal Code and case decisions as found in volume 10A of the Uniform Laws Annotated are on Westlaw in the database ULA-MPC.

The second edition of LaFave & Scott's treatise Substantive Criminal Law is on Westlaw in the database SUBCRL.

The 15th edition of Torcia's treatise Wharton's Criminal Law is on Westlaw in the database CRIMLAW.

Criminal Law studies not only what the substantive law of certain crimes is, but also what makes an act a crime and how those definitions have changed, what mental state a criminal needs to have, and what defenses can be raised by criminals. An introduction to the issues involved in Criminal Law can be found in Jay M. Feinman, Law 101, 2d ed., Chapter 8 "From Insanity to In Cold Blood: Criminal Responsibility and Criminal Law" (2006) (Call Number: KF 387 .F45 2006 LAW OPEN RESERVE).