Criminal Procedure: Law and Practice

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Cengage Learning, Jan 8, 2009 - Social Science - 576 pages
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This eminently practical text has become a favorite of instructors and students alike because of its clear and crisp writing style, extensive use of engaging pedagogy, and unique ability to cover procedure completely and correctly without bogging students down irrelevant minutiae. Filled with new features, interesting legal information, current police topics, and the most recent Supreme Court rulings, the newly updated Eighth Edition maintains this trusted book's proven relevance to law enforcement officials and professionals in the field. The previous editions were good; the Eighth Edition takes it to a new level.
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Contents

The Court System and Sources of Rights
1
Overview of the Criminal Justice Process
30
Probable Cause and Reasonable Suspicion
65
The Exclusionary Rule
90
Stop and Frisk and Stationhouse Detention
121
Arrests and Use of Force
149
Searches and Seizures of Things
190
Motor Vehicle Stops Searches and Inventories
234
Basic Constitutional Rights of the Accused During The Trial
380
Sentencing the Death Penalty and Other Forms of Punishment
413
Legal Liabilities of Public Officers
442
Terrorism and Electronic Surveillance
474
Thirty Suggestions on How to Be an Effective Witness
501
The Constitution of the United States
504
Glossary
519
Case Index
529

Searches and Seizures Not Fully Protected by the Fourth Amendment Plain View Open Fields Abandonment and Border Searches
272
Lineups and Other Means of Pretrial Identification
302
Confessions and Admissions Miranda V Arizona
337
Subject Index
533
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