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Targeted towards practitioners handling criminal cases that involve violence, this book covers crimes of violence from first principles to practical points of evidence. Contents include: murder and manslaughter; actus reus; malice aforethought and mistake; voluntary and involuntary manslaughter; homicide and mental incapacity; vehicular homicide; suicide related offences; abortion and child destruction; assault and battery; defences to non-fatal offences; unlawful detention; parties to crimes of violence; and corporate liability.