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Web-Based Student Study Site
This student study site is intended to enhance students' understanding of Contemporary Criminal Law by Matthew Lippman. Please note that all the materials on this site are especially geared toward maximizing the potential for students to learn and enhance class discussion.
The Web-Based Student Study Site contains, E-flashcards, Web quizzing for students, recommended Web sites for further research, research articles related to teaching and learning, "Deeper Look" case narratives, and the answers to "You Decide."
You can link to the Student Study Site at www.sagepub.com/lippmanstudy.
Chapter Specific Resources
Chapter Outlines
Chapter Outlines are provided for students to download, print out, and reference as they study the materials in the textbook.
Web Quizzing
The web quiz for students provides multiple choice and true/false questions to enhance students' understanding of the material. Answers are provided for each of the questions.
Flashcards
The E-Flashcards are a tool for students to enhance their understanding of key terms outlined in the chapters. E-Flashcards may also be used as a study tool for exams and quizzes.
Web Exercises
The web exercises have been created for each chapter and build on the Criminal Law on the Web exercises in the textbook, providing additional resources.
Additional Cases
TAdditional cases that weren't integrated into the text have been added on the Study Site to provide further resources and support materials for discussion. The cases included are as follows:
- Chapter 2: Frazier v. State
- Chapter 4: Powell v. Texas
- Chapter 5: Koppersmith v. State
- Chapter 6: Seattle v. Stone
- Chapter 6: State v. Akers
- Chapter 7: Le Barron v. State
- Chapter 8: The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens
- Chapter 11: People v. Datema
- Chapter 11: People v. O'Neil
- Chapter 13: State v. Ramirez
Answers to "You Decide"
Additional materials are provided to support the "You Decide" material found in pedagogical boxes throughout the text. Matthew Lippman provides cases without the court's opinion throughout the textbook. These cases are to be contemplated by students, allowing them to generate their own conclusions. Once they feel they have reached a decision for the outcome of the case, they may refer to the study site to see if the court agreed with their decision.
General Resources
A Deeper Look: Case Narratives
The "Deeper Look" offers case narratives on featured individuals outlined in the chapters. This element of the site allows students to go beyond the classroom, and conduct research on some of the characters discussed in the textbook.
Web Resources
The Internet is a powerful learning tool and can be used as a supplement to course material. The Web resources provided on this study site have been listed by chapter to correspond with topics and headings. A brief annotation describing the resources available on each web site is provided.
Learning from Journal Articles
Full text research articles are presented by chapter so that students can identify the key topics covered. Moreover, the articles are accompanied by questions to help students evaluate each piece, as well as links to the journals in which the articles were originally published.
Updates to Legislation and Court Decisions
A link to the full-text of the U.S. Constitution is included to supplement the materials discussed in the chapters.
U.S. Constitution (Full Text)
Material will be added to the study site throughout the year as legislation and court decisions are updated. Students can check back here for additional materials to support the text.
State Specific Resources
Instructors were chosen from California, Texas, New York, Illinois, Florida, and Ohio to provide state specific supplementary materials to tie in with each chapter on the study site. These materials include overall background on the state's distinct laws, highlights of key state laws and cases, edited cases, and discussion materials or questions to help student learn the material. These resources are broken down by chapter.
California Rick Michelson, Grossmont College
Texas Ray Kessler, Sul Ross State University
New York Paula Gormley, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Illinois Erin Conley, University of Illinois at Chicago
Florida Glenn Coffey, University of North Florida
Ohio Marian R. Williams, Bowling Green State University
Used together, all of these web resources should create a comprehensive study package for students as the supplement their learning of Contemporary Criminal Law.
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