The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law
Chapter 9: At Least You Tried
Page 16: Theories of Attempt
Although there are many places to draw the line, it’s useful to lump them all into two underlying policies:
Jurisdictions that draw the line closer to the initial idea have a more subjective concern about Flint’s mindset — if he’s firmly decided to commit the crime, then he deserves to be punished, they’d say.
Jurisdictions that draw the line closer to the completed act have a more objective concern about Flint’s actions — only punishing him if what he actually did was dangerous.
Continuum line ranging from “subjectively bad” to “objectively dangerous”
Did this panel get cut off? There seems to be some blank space and the sentence ends rather abruptly: “Jurisdictions that draw the line closer to the completed act have a more objective concern about Flint’s actions – only punishing”
Perhaps the entire image didn’t load on your screen. It continues: “him if what he actually did was dangerous” and shows a continuum from “subjectively bad” on the left to “objectively dangerous” on the right.