Criminal Procedures: The Police - Cases, Statutes, and Executive Materials

<p> Now in its Third Edition, <b>Criminal Procedures: The Police</b> retains its comprehensive, student-friendly approach. This engaging treatment of criminal procedures depicts the enormous variety within criminal justice systems, placing a deliberate focus on the real-world context of the subject matter. </p> <p> <b>This casebook continues to offer a solid, comprehensive treatment of criminal procedures. With an accessible style it: </b> </p> <ul> <li> surveys the constitutional, statutory, and administrative doctrines and practices that shape how the police interact with citizens and investigate crimes </li> <li> examines the <b>procedures and policies of both federal and state systems</b> , assumptions and judgments underlying each, and how these systems interrelate and sometimes compete with one another </li> <li> looks at <b>sources of law and doctrine from multiple institutions</b>, including U.S. Supreme Court cases, state high court cases, statutes, rules of procedure, and police and prosecutorial policies </li> <li> discusses the influence of <b>politics</b> within various institutions of law enforcement </li> <li> addresses the role of <b>public pressure on policing and procedure</b> with regard to <b>terrorism, drug trafficking, domestic abuse</b>, and the treatment of <b>crime victims</b> </li> <li> provides<b> interdisciplinary materials</b> that explore the impact of criminal procedures on law enforcers, lawyers, courts, communities, defendants, and victims </li> <li> <b>examines issues of race and justice</b> in criminal procedures </li> </ul> <p> <b>The authors introduce a variety of new information to the Third Edition:</b> </p> <ul> <li> a <b>selection of new state cases</b> — all decided in 2000 or later — to keep the focus on current application of doctrine </li> <li> a strengthened emphasis on <b>professional responsibility issues</b> </li> <li> <b>coverage of new U.S. Department of Justice policies</b> on charging corporations </li> <li> discussions on the <b>impact of "Global War on Terror" policies</b> on <b>wiretapping</b> and <b>searches</b> in ordinary criminal prosecution </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p>