TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yaffe,Gideon
TI  - Attempts: in the philosophy of action and the criminal law
SN  - 9780199590667 (hbk.)
AV  - K 5090 .Y34 2010
U1  - 345.04 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Criminal attempt
KW  - Local
KW  - United States
KW  - USA
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-339) and index; Rationalizing the criminalization of attempt -- The need for an intention -- The nature of trying -- The intention in attempt -- Circumstances and "impossibility" -- If it can't be done intentionally can it be tried? -- Trying by asking: solicitation as attempt -- The need for an act -- Stupid plans and inherent impossibility -- The act in attempt -- Abandonment and change of mind -- Is it unfair to punish completed crimes more than attempts?
ER  -