Select eBooks on Criminal Procedure
Criminal Procedure by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780199795192Publication Date: 2015-04-06In a criminal procedure class, students are asked to determine whether a citizen's constitutional rights were violated, and this question is consistently posed under a myriad of factual circumstances. In order to answer the query, students would need to examine and discuss the United StatesSupreme Court's interpretations of the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the US Constitution, identifying many tests and standards from those examinations and spirited discussions. Criminal Procedure: Model Problems and Outstanding Answers documents a few of the United StatesSupreme Court's tests and standards from these amendments to provide a more accurate assessment of whether a "right" under the Constitution has retained its full vitality, or whether it has been modified or made less vital than originally intended.
Criminal Procedure and the Supreme Court by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781442201569Publication Date: 2010-09-15In any episode of the popular television show Law and Order, questions of police procedure in collecting evidence often arise. Was a search legal? Was the evidence obtained lawfully? Did the police follow the rules in pursuing their case? While the show depicts fictional cases and scenarios, police procedure with regard to search and seizure is a real and significant issue in the criminal justice system today. The subject of many Supreme Court decisions, they seriously impact the way police pursue their investigations, the way prosecutors proceed with their cases, and the way defense attorneys defend their clients. This book answers these questions and explains these decisions in accessible and easy to follow language.
Sentencing Policies and Practices in the 21st Century by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780367136499Publication Date: 2019-06-24Sentencing Policies and Practices in the 21st Century focuses on the evolution and consequences of sentencing policies and practices, with sentencing broadly defined to include plea bargaining, judicial and juror decision making, and alternatives to incarceration, including participation in problem-solving courts. This collection of essays and reports of original research explores how sentencing policies and practices, both in the United States and internationally, have evolved, explores important issues raised by guideline and non-guideline sentencing, and provides an overview of recent research on plea bargaining in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.- Mandatory minimum sentencing of federal drug offenses byCall Number: eBookCongressional Research Service
January 11, 2018.
1 online resource (41 pages) - Criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to autonomy in maintaining innocence byCall Number: eBookCongressional Research Service
June 4, 2018
1 online resource (3 pages). - Federal "crime of violence" definition : overview and judicial developments byCall Number: eBookCongressional Research Service
June 8, 2018
1 online resource (18 pages).
