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ISBN-10: 0735569827 | ISBN-13: 978-0735569829 | Publication Date: July 26, 2007 | Edition: 3

Now in its Third Edition, Criminal Procedures: The Police 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. This casebook continues to offer a solid, comprehensive treatment of criminal procedures. With an accessible style it: <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 procedures and policies of both federal and state systems , assumptions and judgments underlying each, and how these systems interrelate and sometimes compete with one another </li> <li> looks at sources of law and doctrine from multiple institutions, 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 politics within various institutions of law enforcement </li> <li> addresses the role of public pressure on policing and procedure with regard to terrorism, drug trafficking, domestic abuse, and the treatment of crime victims </li> <li> provides interdisciplinary materials that explore the impact of criminal procedures on law enforcers, lawyers, courts, communities, defendants, and victims </li> <li> examines issues of race and justice in criminal procedures </li> </ul> The authors introduce a variety of new information to the Third Edition: <ul> <li> a selection of new state cases — all decided in 2000 or later — to keep the focus on current application of doctrine </li> <li> a strengthened emphasis on professional responsibility issues </li> <li> coverage of new U.S. Department of Justice policies on charging corporations </li> <li> discussions on the impact of "Global War on Terror" policies on wiretapping and searches in ordinary criminal prosecution </li> </ul>

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