Basic Criminal Procedures (3rd Edition) - Softcover

Peoples, Edward E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131731920 ISBN 13: 9780131731929

Publisher: Pearson, 2006

Synopsis

Explains the procedural aspects of the criminal justice system systematically, making the concepts easy to apply to any state’s specific procedural laws. This edition continues its detailed coverage of the Exclusionary Rule and the Miranda procedures, includes compelling human-interest stories and offers more balanced coverage of consensual encounter, detention and arrest. Examines procedures systematically, beginning from the point of an individual’s first contact with police, through the law enforcement process, the courts, the correctional system, and back into the community on probation or parole. Defines terms and helps readers develop fluency in the legalese that is used by professionals in the field.  It is ideal for those new to criminal procedures because its writing is clear, its appellate excerpts and citations are understandable, and it introduces unfamiliar concepts and terms before they are discussed within the chapter.

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From the Back Cover

This book presents readers with a thorough, clear description of the criminal justice system' s basic procedures, in a way that can be applied within the context of any state's procedural laws. It combines legal language with a readable style that allows anyone to appreciate and understand the inner workings of the criminal justice system. Logically following details from the point of first contact between a citizen and a law enforcement officer to post-sentencing procedures, the book's other topics include the Miranda warning, detention facilities, the court system, trials, jury selection, parole, and an overview of the death penalty. For any citizen intrigued by the balance between society's need for both freedom and security, and interested in the regulation and control of human behavior within the confines of the law.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131731920
• ISBN 13: 9780131731929
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 256