Criminal Procedure: An Introduction for Criminal Justice Professionals is a student-friendly, practical, and timely overview of the essential topics in the field. Designed with the student in mind, Neal R. Bevans brings his wealth of experience as a prosecutor, defense attorney, and author to this accessible textbook. With broad coverage that emphasizes how criminal procedure works in the real world, students will gain a solid foundation in the fundamentals of the law, as well as an understanding of how to apply what they have learned. New to the Second Edition: Now covering only criminal procedure, the text offers a focused introduction to the field. Reorganized and expanded with new chapters on Constitutional Issues and Evidence and The Exclusionary Rule Chapters on the Fourth and Fifth Amendments reorganized to improve the teachability of the material. New cases included throughout the book Improved and expanded end of chapter exercises and practice questions for test review Updated with the latest developments in Criminal Procedure Professors and students will benefit from: Broad coverage that includes both traditional and cutting-edge topics Well-crafted pedagogy, including learning objectives at the start of each chapter; boldfaced legal terms, with definitions in the margins; figures and charts that visually translate concepts and procedures; and end-of-chapter questions, activities, and assignments to enrich learning. Scenarios that exemplify how the law is applied in practice. Edited cases at the end of each chapter.
Unlike casebooks, this title goes with greater detail into the human stories and the social, political, and legal contexts of the "big" Supreme Court cases regarding criminal justice. It unearths...
This edition has been specifically designed for CJ undergraduate programs (rather than higher-level law schools) and completely reorganized for a more logical flow of topics.
Alabama: The Supreme Court Confronts 'Legal Lynchings,'” in Carol S. Steiker, ed., Criminal Procedure Stories (New York: Foundation Press, 2008), pp. 1–44. ... Gerald N. Rosenberg, The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?
This comprehensive text uses a real world focus to cover all of criminal procedure, from first contact to appeal.
This is an ideal text for anyone studying the criminal justice system at a professional or academic level.
Comprehensive and accurate without bogging you down in unnecessary details, the text includes cutting-edge coverage of the law on arrests, searches and seizures, vehicle stops, use of force, interrogations, and line-ups.
A favorite among successful students, and often recommended by professors, the unique Examples & Explanations series gives you extremely clear introductions to concepts followed by realistic examples that mirror those presented in the ...
41 See Daniel J. Freed & Patricia M. Wald, Ball in the United States: 1964 40 (1964) (reporting the following felony detention rates in the early 1960s, pre-reform: Baltimore-75%, Boston-54%, Detroit-48%, District of Columbia-84%, ...
Facts The instigator of this bizarre drama was Mel Coley, a drug dealer who resided in Washington, D.C., but who was also connected with dealers in Kansas City. Coley had a history of dealing with a supplier named Bill Varnes, ...
Topically organized, LexisNexis Practice Guide New Jersey Criminal Procedure covers the entire process of a criminal trial in New Jersey, from the initial representation of a client through sentencing and post-sentencing procedures and much ...