Criminal Procedure: Theory and Practice

This 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.