Criminal Procedure

by Smith, Christopher E.

• ISBN13: 9780534612092
• ISBN10: 0534612091
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-03
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Smith's CRIMINAL PROCEDURE provides comprehensive coverage of constitutional law governing processes from police investigations through sentencing and punishment. It has a more broad focus than most texts in the criminal procedure market, including complete coverage of the trial process. An innovative pedagogical program includes boxed features and pedagogy that encourages critical thinking. There are more cases covered than in other upper level texts, providing the student more opportunity to think independently. Students learn through an inductive process, since cases appear before explanations.

Author Biography

Trained as a lawyer and social scientist, Christopher E. Smith, J.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University where he teaches courses on constitutional criminal procedure, corrections law, judicial process, and criminal justice policy. Dr. Smith holds degrees in political science, sociology, and law. He is a graduate of Harvard University, the University of Bristol (England), the University of Tennessee College of Law, and the University of Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Preface	xvii
Law and the Legal System	1	(32)
The Criminal Justice Process	33	(31)
Warrants, Seizures, and Arrests	64	(36)
The Exclusionary Rule	100	(41)
Warrantless Searches: Persons	141	(33)
Warrantless Searches: Places	174	(35)
Interrogation and Confessions	209	(39)
Right to Counsel	248	(32)
Pretrial Processes	280	(31)
Trial Processes	311	(30)
Jury Trials	341	(30)
Sentencing and Postconviction Processes	371	(45)
Appendix Selected Provisions of the U.S. Constitution	416	(3)
Glossary	419	(6)
Table of Cases	425	(4)
Index	429