Criminal law is ever evolving, impacting on many more areas of citizens' lives and underpinning the operation of the state more than ever before. This new series focuses on the underlining theory and development of current criminal law and offers analyses of the key current topics in criminal law and the universal challenges ahead. The volumes include articles and essays selected from a comprehensive range of international publications, and feature substantial introductions which survey the current state of the field, give an overview of important issues and explain the significance of the texts in the collection. The series is an invaluable addition to libraries building their collections in the expanding fields of criminal law and criminology as well as a reference resource for lecturers, researchers and students.