Criminal Procedures--the Police

Download or read book Criminal Procedures--the Police written by Marc Louis Miller and published by Aspen Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now there is a timely and effective book designed for today's Criminal Procedure I course on police practices. In CRIMINAL PROCEDURES - THE POLICE, Marc Miller and Ronald Wright draw selectively from their successful comprehensive criminal procedure casebook to focus exclusively on the crucial role of the police. This succinct paperback: -reflects the current redirection of criminal procedure away from federal constitutional adjudication and toward state courts, legislatures, and executive agencies -includes both major U.S. Supreme Court cases and important state cases -emphasized the way the courts are handling criminal procedure through up-to-the-minute materials -illustrates key issues with provocative nd interesting cases -is accompanied by a thorough Teacher's Manual to help you adapt the material to specific course needs and teaching approaches CRIMINAL PROCEDURES - THE POLICE opens with a chapter on daily interactions between citizens and police, followed by: -searches and stops -arrests -remedies for unresonable searches and seizures -the impact of technology and politics -interrogations -identifications -complex investigations -defense counsel (using the highly praised chapter from their comprehensive casebook) As current as tomorrow's headlines, CRIMINAL PROCEDURES - THE POLICE has just the right scope and depth of coverage for a meaningful - and manageable - course on police practices.