Criminal Procedure Law and Practice

by del Carmen, Rolando V.

• ISBN13: 9780495599333
• ISBN10: 0495599336
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-08
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Filled with many examples from real-world situations faced by today's law enforcement professionals, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: LAW AND PRACTICE gives you a practical understanding of the current legal guidelines in criminal procedure. Complete, current, and accurate?without bogging you down in unnecessary details?this engaging book includes coverage of the law on arrests, searches and seizures, vehicle stops, use of force, interrogations, and line-ups. It also discusses current topics such as racial profiling, DNA evidence, plea bargaining, terrorism, and electronic surveillance. Long known for its relevance to day-to-day law enforcement, this book features interesting case briefs, sample police forms, hypothetical cases, and coverage of the most recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings. Clear and reader-friendly, this book makes law enforcement legal concepts easy to understand and apply.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Court System and Sources of Rights

Overview of the Criminal Justice Process

Levels of Proof and the Exclusionary rule

Probable Cause and Reasonable Suspicion

The Exclusionary Rule

Searches and Seizures of Persons

Stop and Frisk, Border Searches and Seizures, and Stationhouse Detention

Arrests and Responses to Terrorism

Searches and Seizures of Property

Searches and Seizures of Things

Vehicle Stops, Searches, and Inventories

Plain View, Open Fields, Abandonment, and Electronic Surveillance

Identifications , Confessions, and Admissions

Lineups and Other Pretrial Identification Procedures

Confessions and Admissions: Miranda v. Arizona

Constitutional Rights and the Consequences of Police Misconduct

Basic Rights of the Accused During the Trial

Sentencing, The Death Penalty, and Other Forms of Punishment

Legal Liabilities and Other Consequences of Police Misconduct

Responses to Terrorism and Electronic Surveillance

Appendixes

Guide to Case Briefing

The Case of Minnesota v. Dickerson-A Full Reprint

Thirty Suggestions on How to Be an Effective Witness

The Constitution of the United States

Table of Cases

Glossary

Index

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