Procedures in the Justice System - Hardcover

Stuckey, Gilbert B.; Roberson, Cliff; Wallace, Harvey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0131122959 ISBN 13: 9780131122956

Verlag: Pearson, 2003

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For sophomore-level courses in Administration of Justice, or junior-level courses in American Criminal Courts.

Providing readers with a thorough understanding of our justice system, this popular text explains the duties and responsibilities of the law enforcement agencies, courts, and correctional departments from the time of arrest through the sentencing of the criminal offender. Avoiding confusing legal-speak, it addresses why we have laws and why those laws are broken, the constitutional rights of an accused, and the underlying philosophy of correctional endeavors. The text helps students gain a deeper understanding of our justice system and of the role each member must play to achieve, through teamwork, law and order for all.

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Procedures in the Justice System, Seventh Edition, provides the readers with a thorough understanding of the American Justice System by explaining the duties and responsibilities of the law enforcement agencies, courts, and correctional departments from the time of arrest through the sentencing of the criminal offenders. Avoiding the use of legalese, Procedures ill the Justice System addresses why we have laws and why those laws are broken, the constitutional rights of the accused, issues involving search and seizure, law of confessions, trial procedures, and appellate processes. Through this in-depth exploration, the reader will gain a deeper understanding of our justice system and the roles that each profession contributes.

New for the Seventh Edition

• Updated court cases
• New chapter on arrests
• Motions and court documents from actual court cases
• The addition of tables and flow charts
• A more open text design

Expanded discussions on

• victims' rights
• search and seizure
• procedural steps in a case
• right to counsel
• laws of arrest

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pearson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0131122959
• ISBN 13: 9780131122956
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italien