Criminal Procedure: Principles, Policies and Perspectives

by Joshua Dressler, Thomas C. George III

Expert authors provide different perspectives to the fundamental doctrinal issues. They provide empirical evidence to show how the law actually operates and raise philosophical and jurisprudential issues throughout the text. Subjects covered include the Fourth Amendment and remedies for violations. Addresses confessions and the voluntariness requirement, police interrogation and the self-incrimination clause, and the Sixth Amendment right to counsel. Explores entrapment, eyewitness identification procedures, and pretrial release. Covers case screening, preparing for adjudication, the role of counsel, and the plea bargaining and guilty pleas. Also examines the trial process, sentencing, double jeopardy, and the post-trial process.

Genres: Law, Textbooks, Nonfiction

1423 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty standard casebook from Dressler, with interesting cases and notes & questions.

[Lindsey · Rating 2 out of 5]

My professor made us read all 1400 pages so yes, this counts.