Your gateway to criminal law: drawing on the exceptional clarity and authority of Smith and Hogan, with a wealth of unique supportive learning features and guidance on assessment.

Smith, Hogan, & Ormerod's Essentials of Criminal Law takes students to the heart of this fascinating subject, providing focused, expert coverage alongside a wealth of student-friendly learning features to aid study.

- Combines the authority you would expect from a Smith, Hogan, and Ormerod title with numerous supportive learning features and an eye on developing analytical and assessment skills
- Offers a thorough, accessible, and unique introduction to criminal law for the student reader
- Numerous learning features across the text highlight key cases, sources for extra reading, and assessment advice, and flag common areas of confusion to avoid
- Each chapter includes a section on reform including noted academic criticism of the law, furthering students' analytical understanding
- The updated sixth edition includes new content on section 45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, the Online Safety Act 2023, and recent case law such as Grey (2024), Marland v DPP (2023), and Mahmud (2024).

Digital formats and resources
The sixth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
- The enhanced e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with self-test questions, videos, animated diagrams, audio introductions, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks

The online resources, accessible via Law Trove and the enhanced e-book, include:
- Over 400 self-test questions
- A selection of videos from the authors explaining key topics and principles
- Sample exam questions with answer guidance to help hone your assessment skills
- Chapter summary sheets
- Animated diagrams
- Audio introductions to each topic
- Further reading