Criminal Procedure: Theory and Practice

Product DescriptionThis comprehensive book balances straightforward text and presentations of numerous historical and contemporary cases to provide learners with a thorough and interesting introduction to criminal procedure. The numerous edited cases help bring criminal procedure to life, and the comments, notes and questions that follow each case help readers bring key legal issues into focus. These cases vividly illustrate the concepts and theories presented in each chapter. Historical landmark cases are presented along with more contemporary modifying cases in order to clarify the legal principles of the landmark case and provide contemporary understanding of criminal procedure law. Chapter coverage includes detailed information on search warrants, arrest and seizure, Fourth Amendments searches, Miranda principles, eyewitness identification procedures, plea bargaining and guilty pleas, the trial, and much more. For professionals and anyone interested in the fields of criminal justice, criminology, and criminal law.From the Back CoverCriminal Procedure: Theory and Practice offers an extensive presentation of the state of the law. The cases presented provide the proper historical context in order to understand the philosophy behind the law. The facts of every case have been rewritten, presenting each student with a concise understanding of the specifics relating to each criminal procedure point covered. Following each case, the book presents additional materials that may challenge the student to apply the newly-learned principles to a novel fact pattern and presents many excerpted cases suitable for class interaction and discussion.The text offers an opportunity for the student to develop an enhanced understanding of criminal procedure through a practical and logical presentation. When appropriate, the text interrelates proper lessons of history that influenced the development of criminal procedure. Coverage of developing legal theories like the Miranda principles provide an understanding of how these case laws developed and how these principles may evolve.Students and instructors can remain on the cutting edge of criminal procedure by going to www.criminalprocedurebyingram.com . This site, updated monthly, will provide information on newly decided cases on criminal procedure as well as updated case presentations. This website will serve as a current, up to the moment supplement through the life of this edition.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.The field of criminal procedure provides part of the matrix of fairness and justice which promotes equality of treatment for persons accused of crime and, therefore, occupies an important position in the field of criminal justice. Since its genesis comes from both the Constitution of the United States and the constitutions of the several States, its substance and application will vary in some fashion from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The decisions made by the Supreme Court of the United States, when speaking on federal constitutional issues, are binding on state criminal justice practice. Although constitutional decisions are mandatory on the states, such decisions dictate the minimal legal protections required under our federal system. Every state may go beyond the basic federal guarantees by offering an accused greater state constitutional rights and may grant enhanced criminal procedure protections based on state constitutional and statutory law.The constitutional and statutory rules that make up the body of law known as criminal procedure regulate the way both state and federal governments must treat persons accused or suspected of committing crimes, Rules dictating the way law-enforcement officials interact with individuals who are mere suspects for particular crimes restrain the activities and approaches that can be followed prior to the initiation of formal criminal prosecutions. When investigations have moved beyond their initial stages to th
Author: Ingram, Jefferson

Publisher: Pearson College Div

Binding: Hardcover

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0130987603

ISBN-13: 9780130987600