Criminal Procedures: Prosecution and Adjudication : Cases, Statutes, and Executive Materials

Criminal Procedures: Prosecution and Adjudication : Cases, Statutes, and Executive Materials
ISBN-10
0735557403
ISBN-13
9780735557406
Series
Criminal Procedures
Category
Law / Criminal Procedure
Pages
822
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Aspen Publishers
Authors
Ronald F. Wright, Marc Louis Miller

Description

Instructors who want a comprehensive yet highly focused set of materials For The iquest;bail to jailiquest; course discovered that this concise casebook achieves specificity without sacrificing quality. With its distinctive focus on multiple kinds of law (constitutional, statutory, executive) and multiple jurisdictions, CRIMINAL PROCEDURES: Prosecution and Adjudication enters its Second Edition as a stronger and absolutely current teaching tool. The authors continue to keep the casebook both effective and realistic: derived from Miller and Wrightiquest;s comprehensive criminal procedure book, this shorter volume focuses exclusively on the iquest;bail to jailiquest; topics extensive use of state high court cases, statutes, rules of procedure, and prosecutorial policies -- in addition to leading U.S. Supreme Court cases -- reveals the full range of the subject by presenting competing rules from the federal and state systems and also occasionally examining procedures from earlier times or from non-U.S. systems, The book offers procedural variety the real-world perspective shows in the focus on procedures and issues of current importance to defendants, lawyers, courts, legislators, And The public careful attention To The political context surrounding different institutions and issues And The impact of public concerns -- such as drug trafficking, domestic abuse, and treatment of crime victims -- on procedural rules helps students gain insight on the evolution of criminal procedures includes an illuminating examination of the impact different procedures have on law enforcers, lawyers, courts, communities, defendants, and victims a detailed Teacheriquest;s Manual and separate supporting web sites for students and instructors are available the Second Edition keeps pace with rapid and significant developments: covers all of the leading U.S. Supreme Court cases in relevant areas, such as sentencing law And The substantive definition of crimes (Apprendi v. New Jersey, Blakely v. Washington, U.S. v. Booker), confrontation (Crawford v. Washington), right to counsel (Alabama v. Shelton), and ex post facto (Stogner v. California) considers the leading recent state court developments, with special attention to state-level variation and leading state supreme court opinions timely consideration of the issues created for American criminal procedure by changes after September 11 in bail and detention, right to counsel, and various trial and sentencing rights treatment of Habeas Corpus

Other editions

Similar books

  • Terrorism: An Introduction
    By Jonathan Randall White

    Criminology / Delinquency BECOME GIRLS DELINQUENCY AND JUVENILE JUSTICE MEDA CHESNEY - LIND AND RANDALL G. SHELDEN GIRLS , DELINQUENCY , AND JUVENILE JUSTICE a Third Edition Internet for research through searches and activities .

  • Criminal Procedure
    By Paul Marcus, Joseph G. Cook, Melanie D. Wilson

    Government's manipulation of Helen Miller into becoming an informant;” second, “the Government's continued employment of Miller despite her known status as a heroin addict and prostitute, and despite her numerous arrests,” and third, ...

  • New York Criminal Procedure: An Analytical Approach to Statutory, Constitutional and Case Law for Criminal Justice Professionals
    By Christopher J. Morse

    This book presents an analysis of New York criminal procedure law that integrates the three sources of the law: statutory law, case law, and constitutional law. It is difficult, if...

  • Comprehensive Criminal Procedure
    By Ronald Jay Allen

    Created by an outstanding author team, Comprehensive Criminal Procedure fully reflects current thinking on investigative and adjudicative criminal procedure issues. By taking a fresh, how-to approach to the subject, the...

  • Principles of Criminal Procedure: Post-investigation
    By Wayne R. LaFave

    This book, for use in connection with a course focused upon the formal part of the criminal process, covers counsel, bail, the charging decision, preliminary hearing and grand jury review,...

  • Comparative Criminal Procedure: A Casebook Approach
    By Stephen Thaman

    Comparative Criminal Procedure: A Casebook Approach

  • To Protect and to Serve: A History of Police in America
    By William Thomas Allison, Robert C. Wadman

    This readable book provides a comprehensive and detailed survey of the development of police organization, theory, and practice—and its role in American history. It examines how police...

  • Policing: An Introduction to Law Enforcement
    By John S. Dempsey

    Who are the police? What do they do? How do they do their job? Why do they do it that way? This introductory overview of what its like to be...

  • Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: A Topical Approach
    By Philip L. Reichel

    For junior/senior-level courses in Comparative (or International) Criminal Justice Systems, Comparative Criminology, and Comparative Government. Unique in approach, this is the only comparative criminal justice text that follows a natural...

  • Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
    By Harry R. Dammer, Erika Fairchild

    The revision of this best-selling book presents a comprehensive analysis of how various criminal justice systems throughout the world compare. New co-author Harry Dammer has extensively revised the text to...