Criminal Procedure: The Constitution and the Police: Examples & Explanations, Sixth Edition

by Robert M. Bloom, Mark S. Brodin

Examples & Explanations: Criminal Procedure: The Constitution and the Police, Sixth Edition, using the method that has made it such a successful resource for students, continues to present the discussion of criminal procedure in a way that mirrors the sequence of real-life events in law enforcement.

Among the attributes that make this Examples & Explanations exceptional:

The organization, by following police procedure in sequential order, helps students develop a sense of the theoretical flow and logic of law enforcement. Numerous charts and illustrations that graphically demonstrate legal standards and concepts, making them easier to understand. Examples start out easy, to build students' confidence, and gradually become more challenging, to test their knowledge and analytical skills. The proven Examples & Explanations format clearly explains concepts and encourages students to develop analytical and problem-solving skills.

New to the Sixth Edition:

Examples featuring Judge Sotomayor's cases Expanded sections and cases include: Discussions of computers and the Fourth Amendment Fourth Amendment: Virginia v. Moore, Scott v. Harris, Brendlin v. California, Arizona v. Gant, Arizona v. Johnson Sixth Amendment: Rothgery v. Gillespie, Montejo v. Louisiana Exclusionary Rule: Herring v. United States September 11th aftermath: Boumediene v. Bush

Give your students a meaningful overview of how criminal procedure works in the real world with Examples & Explanations: Criminal Procedure: The Constitution and the Police, Sixth Edition.

Genres: Law

385 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1992

Reviews

[Anne Fox · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a law text, which I purchased in order to more thoroughly understand criminal procedure as part of research for a series of books I'm currently writing. I found it thorough and informative, as well as well-written. About my only objection to the book concerns the form in which the examples and explanations were presented. I feel it would be clearer to the reader if each example was given individually, followed immediately by the explanation. As examples often had marked similarities to other examples given, with one or more differing by subtle nuances, I feel I would have derived more from them if the examples had not been presented collectively, followed by the explanations likewise given collectively.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lifesaver!

[Virg]

Total beach read.

[Marcus Cooper · Rating 4 out of 5]

This isn't the best exam prep on the market, but it does explain the concepts clearly. my biggest quip is that it is sometimes too quick and loose with the law and the examples are too easy.