Study Of Criminal Attempt In United States

Criminal Attempt is a significant part of the fundamental theory in criminal law all the time. Distinguishing from the general perspective, in this paper, the author concentrates upon the two key issues related to the attempted crime in United States: “execution” and “impossibility”. Apart from the elaboration of doctrines and cases related to that two key issues, the author also discusses the controversy, which is concerned with the theory of Criminal Attempt, between Subjectivism and Objectivism. Based on the above, the author reveals the position of the theory of Criminal Attempt in United States.As the author states in this paper, the current theory of Criminal Attempt in United States absorbs the views from Subjectivism and Objectivism and then intensively holds the position of Subjectivism. Finally, the author analyzes the enlightenment stemmed from that position to China.