Fundamentals of Criminal Procedure (eBook)

Caught in the Act

Daniel E. Hall (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
1142 Seiten
Sage Publications, Inc (Verlag)
978-1-0718-4875-3 (ISBN)

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Overview of Criminal Procedure
Introduction to Criminal Procedure
Let’s Make a Deal: The Social Contract
The Criminal Justice System, or Is It Systems?
Competition, not Cooperation: Adversarial System
Lay Down the Law: Sources of Criminal Procedure
We the People: The Constitution and Criminal Procedure
On the Right[s] Side of the Law
The Process
The People in the Process
In a Nutshell
Key Terms
Chapter 2: Courts of Law, Not Justice
Order in the Court System
Courts of Law, Not Justice
Robes and Hats
Poisonous Trees and Their Fruit
In a Nutshell
Key Terms
Chapter 3: To Be Let Alone: The Fourth Amendment
Who Is Controlled: State Action
Who Is Protected and What Is Protected
When Is There a Search?: People and Places
What is a Seizure?
Suspicious Minds: The Fourth Amendment Pyramid
Righting the Wrong: Fourth Amendment Violations
The Weakest Link: Fourth Amendment Analysis
In a Nutshell
Key Terms
Chapter 4: An Exception to Every Rule: Fourth Amendment
Consent
Stop and Frisk
Plain View and Touch
Search Incident to Arrest
Exigencies
Open Fields
Border Searches
In the Corrections Context
Administrative and School Searches
In a Nutshell
Key Terms
Chapter 5: In the Driver’s Seat: Car Searches and Seizures
Putting the Brakes On: Car Stops
Car Searches
Drivers and Passengers
Happy Camper
In a Nutshell
Key Terms
Chapter 6: Good Cop, Bad Cop: Interrogations & Confessions
The Problem: Wrongful Convictions and False Confessions
The Reality: Innocent People Confess
The Law: One Step Behind
In a Nutshell
Key Terms
Chapter 7: Seeing is Believing: Eyewitness and Forensic Evidence
The Problem: Eyewitness Misidentification
The Solution: Blinded by the Science
A Trace Behind: Forensic Science
In a Nutshell
Key Terms
Chapter 8: Process is Punishment: Pretrial
The Investigation
Getting Formal
Arraignment and Plea Bargaining
Discovery
Motion Practice
In a Nutshell
Key Terms
Chapter 9: Hear ye, hear ye: Trial
Fire, Water, and Combat
Jury Trial
Say It to My Face: Confrontation and Cross-Examination
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Counsel
Trial Procedure
In a Nutshell
Key Terms
Chapter 10: Do the Crime, Do the Time: Sentencing and Punishment
To What End? Purposes of Punishment
Don’t Be a Pain: The Eighth Amendment
Methods of Punishment
The Sentencing Process
In a Nutshell
Key Terms
Chapter 11: Constitutional Kitchen Sink: Other Rights
Enumerated Rights: The First Amendment
Enumerated Rights: The Second Amendment and Other Enumerated Rights
Unenumerated Rights
In a Nutshell
Key Terms
Chapter 12: Police Accountability Through Liability
The Facts and Figures of Civil Liability
Overview of Civil Liability
State and Federal Claims
In a Nutshell
Key Terms

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.5.2023
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: criminal justice system • Criminal Law • Criminal Procedure • Daniel Edgar Hall • Fundamentals of Criminal Procedure
• ISBN-10: 1-0718-4875-5 / 1071848755
• ISBN-13: 978-1-0718-4875-3 / 9781071848753