360 Federal Crimes: elements and defenses

360 FEDERAL CRIMES is a field guide that covers the 360 most commonly charged federal crimes, including narcotics, firearms, immigration, money laundering, conspiracy, civil rights, racketeering, wire fraud, and identity fraud. It covers the elements, required mental states, defenses, definitions, DOJ policies, and sentence enhancements. There is a special emphasis on issues that are not apparent from the statutes, including Pinkerton liability, the Apprendi rule, the official restraint doctrine, the categorical approach, hub-and-spoke conspiracies, entrapment, and much more. The book also includes a 120-page index.The intended audience includes lawyers, judges, law enforcement officers, and journalists.The author, Ed Hagen, is recently retired from the Department of Justice, and was also an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon School of Law. His prior books include the Law of Confessions (Thomson Reuters) and The Prosecution Function (Lexington Books) .