This text is a succinct exposition of substantive criminal law to which a student can turn for reliable guidance. For the student who likes to spend study time analyzing cases and/or law review articles, but would like to see a brief textual treatment of each day's assignment, this book provides that treatment. Also, the book provides an overview or perspective to aid the student in synthesizing an entire semester's worth of material. The text provides the scope and highlights you need to excel in understanding this field.
I've read this book and am re-reading it to prepare for the baby bar. Like Torts it's good for me because it starts with concepts and builds upon them which is better for me than wrote memorization like the Gilbert's Law Summaries which are also very usefull. Of course not a primary source of information, as per the books intro.