“Criminal Law: Problems, Statutes, and Cases,” co-edited by Northeastern University distinguished professor of law and criminal justice Daniel Medwed, provides students with examples and studies of various cases situated within topical chapters. It includes a comprehensive overview of the criminal justice system and pulls new cases from the news headlines for students to digest and consider. It asks readers to consider the function and components of criminal law at its most basic and contains chapters on homicide, mental states, complicity and more.