Criminal Procedure: Law and Practice / Edition 9

by Rolando V. del Carmen

Overview

Packed with examples from real-world situations faced by today's law enforcement professionals, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: LAW AND PRACTICE, 10th Edition gives you a practical and authoritative look at the most current guidelines in criminal procedure. Comprehensive and accurate without bogging you down in unnecessary details, the text includes cutting-edge coverage of the law as it relates to 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, seizures of text/email messages, and many others. Interesting case briefs, sample police forms, hypothetical cases, and coverage of the most recent Supreme Court rulings keep the text as relevant as ever. Its' clear, reader-friendly presentation makes law enforcement concepts easy to understand and apply.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2901285062890
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 10.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Rolando V. del Carmen is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice in the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. He was assistant dean and associate professor of a school of law in the Philippines and has held various administrative and academic positions in the United States. In addition, he has taught at various universities and has written extensively, including numerous articles on legal issues and more than ten books. A consultant to criminal justice agencies in a number of states, Dr. Del Carmen served a six-year term to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. He earned the Fellow Award (1990), Bruce Smith Award (1996), and Founders Award (2005) from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. He holds a B.A. and a bachelor of laws degree from the Philippines, a master of comparative law from Southern Methodist University, a master of laws from the University of California at Berkeley, and a doctor of science of law from the University of Illinois.


Craig Hemmens is Chair and Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology at Washington State University. He holds a J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law and a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University. He previously served as Department Head and Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Missouri State University, and as Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, Director of the Paralegal Studies Program, and Director of the Honors College at Boise State University. Professor Hemmens has published twenty books and more than two hundred articles and other writings on a variety of criminal justice-related topics and Bruce Springsteen. His primary research interests are criminal law and procedure and corrections. He has served as the editor of the Journal of Criminal Justice Education (2003-2005) and as President of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2012-2013).

Table of Contents

1. The Court System, Sources of Rights, and Fundamental Principles. 2. Overview of the Criminal Justice Process. 3. Probable Cause and Reasonable Suspicion. 4. The Exclusionary Rule. 5. Stop and Frisk and Stationhouse Detention. 6. Arrests and Use of Force. 7. Searches and Seizures of Things. 8. Motor Vehicle Stops, Searches, and Inventories. 9. Plain View, Open Fields, Abandonment, and Border Searches. 10. Lineups and Other Means of Pretrial Identification. 11. Confessions and Admissions: Miranda v. Arizona. 12. Basic Constitutional Rights of the Accused during Trial. 13. Sentencing, the Death Penalty, and Other Forms of Punishment. 14. Legal Liabilities of Law Enforcement Officers. 15. Electronic Surveillance and the War on Terror.

Editorial Reviews

"In a step by step manner this textbook presents critical Criminal Justice concepts and issues that must be understood by any student wishing to understand the driving forces within all Criminal Justice professions. The foundation is laid well and then built upon with topics and concepts of increasing complexity."

"The three major strengths of this text are its easy readability, its comprehensive coverage of the material, and the end-of-chapter summaries and questions."

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