TY - BOOK AU - Chase,Mike TI - How to become a federal criminal: an illustrated handbook for the aspiring offender SN - 9781982112516 AV - PN6231.C73 C43 2019 U1 - 817.6 23 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Atria Books KW - Law KW - United States KW - Humor KW - Criminal behavior KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) N2 - Have you ever clogged a toilet in a national forest? That could get you six months in federal prison. Written a letter to a pirate? You might be looking at three years in the slammer. Leaving the country with too many nickels, drinking a beer on a bicycle in a national park, or importing a pregnant polar bear are all very real crimes, and this riotously funny, ridiculously entertaining, and fully illustrated book shows how just about anyone can become--or may already be--a federal criminal. Whether you're a criminal defense lawyer or just a self-taught expert in outrageous offenses, How to Become a Federal Criminal is your wonderfully weird window into a criminally overlooked sector of American government ER -