Complete Criminal Law provides students with choice extracts, supported by clear author commentary and useful learning features. The explanations and examples in this textbook have been crafted to help students hone their understanding of criminal law.

The Complete titles are ambitious in their scope; they have been carefully developed with teachers to offer law students more than just a presentation of the key concepts. Instead they offer a complete package. Only by building on the foundations of the subject, by showing how the law works, demonstrating its application through extracts from cases and judgments, and by giving students the tools and the confidence to think critically about the law will they gain a complete understanding.

Online Resources

This book is accompanied by free-to-acess online resources for both students and lecturers.

- Annual updates
- Links to relevant websites
- Answer guidance on problem questions and 'thinking points' from the text
- Extra exam style questions with answers guidance
- Test bank of 200 multiple choice questions
- Additional information on drugs offences

Janet Loveless, Former Senior Lecturer in Law, London Metropolitan University, Mischa Allen, Associate Lecturer in Law, The Open University,Caroline Derry, Lecturer in Law, The Open University

The late Janet Loveless was a Senior Lecturer in Law at London Metropolitan University. During her career she was also a member of the LLM Board of London University Examiners and a partner of a London legal aid firm of solicitors.


Mischa Allen has 20 years' experience of teaching and examining criminal law on undergraduate and GDL courses and was previously Course Leader for the GDL at London Metropolitan University. She is an Associate Lecturer in Law at the Open University and at University of Essex Online.


Caroline Derry is a Lecturer in Law at the Open University. She has practised as a barrister and solicitor, and was previously LLB Law Course Leader at London Metropolitan University.