Synopses & Reviews
For courses in criminal procedure and for courses covering the legal/constitutional issues associated with policing and criminal justice.
Fully updated to reflect the current state of the law, this conversational book covers all aspects of criminal procedure—from first contact through appeal. It begins by defining criminal procedure, highlighting the due process/crime control dilemma at the heart of all controversies in criminal procedure; discussing relationships amongst courts; and previewing key trends in criminal procedure. Next, it thoroughly introduces core criminal procedure topics, including search, seizure, interrogations, confessions, and identification. It then widens its focus beyond most competitive books, fully addressing pretrial processes; roles of defense attorneys, prosecutors, and grand juries; plea bargaining and guilty pleas; rights of defendants at trial; appeals, and habeas corpus. To link criminal procedure concepts with the real world, each chapter contains up-to-date decision-making exercises, as well as sample legal forms and excerpts from current police department policy manuals.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction to Criminal Procedure
Chapter 2 Remedies
Part 2 Search and Seizure
Chapter 3 Introduction to Search and Seizure
Chapter 4 Searches and Arrests with Warrants
Chapter 5 Searches and Arrests without Warrants
Chapter 6 Actions Based on Reasonable Suspicion
Chapter 7 Actions Based on Administrative Justification and Consent
Part 3 Interrogations, Confessions, and Identification Procedures
Chapter 8 Interrogations and Confessions
Chapter 9 Identification Procedures and the Role of Witnesses
Part 4 The Beginnings of Formal Proceedings
Chapter 10 The Pretrial Process
Chapter 11 Prosecutors, Grand Juries, and Defense Attorneys
Chapter 12 Plea Bargaining and Guilty Pleas
Part 5 Trial, Conviction, and Beyond
Chapter 13 Rights at Trial
Chapter 14 More Rights at Trial
Chapter 15 Sentencing, Appeals, and Habeas Corpus
Glossary
Photo Credits
Case Index
Subject Index