Smoke gets in your mind: the legal framework for the crime of arson

Title: Smoke gets in your mind: the legal framework for the crime of arson
Creator: Anderson, John
Relation: Criminal Law Journal Vol. 28, Issue 1, p. 26-42
Relation: http://www.thomson.com.au/catalogue/shopexd.asp?id=846
Publisher: Lawbook Co.
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2004
Description: This article will explore the legal requirements in defining arson-type offences in New South Wales against the background of the Model Criminal Code provisions for arson, other forms of criminal damage and the recent creation of a specific offence of "causing a bushfire". Analysis will be focused on the various mental states that constitute arson-type offences. Consideration will be given to the merits of consolidating the offence structure for these offences in New South Wales to accord with the scheme of the Model Criminal Code. In light of the analysis of the legal elements of arson-type offences, the framework of sentencing will be briefly examined to identify any specific interrelationship between individual culpability in this offence category and the appropriate forms and levels of punishment.
Subject: criminal law; arson; New South Wales
Identifier: uon:1813
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/27579
Identifier: ISSN:0314-1160
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