Mastering Criminal Procedure, Volume 1: The Investigative Stage provides a concise treatment of the relevant federal constitutional doctrines that guide and constrain interactions between the police and individuals in the investigation of criminal conduct. The book provides an overview of the criminal process and the constitutional sources of the criminal procedure rules, including different approaches to constitutional interpretation. The third edition of Volume One focuses on the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments as they relate to the warrant requirement for searches, exceptions that allow warrantless searches, the seizure of evidence and individuals, and the interrogation of suspects.
The late Peter Henning was a Professor of Law at Wayne State University Law School.
Cynthia Jones is an Associate Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law.
Ellen Podgor is the Gary R. Trombley Family White-Collar Crime Research Professor & Professor of Law Stetson University College of Law.
Karen McDonald Henning is the Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and an Associate Professor of Law at University of Detroit Mercy Law School.
Sanjay Chhablani is the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Law at Syracuse University College of Law and Professor, Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute, Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences (by courtesy appointment).