Criminal law and procedure : an overview

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bacigal, Ronald J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Clifton Park, NY : Delmar Cengage Learning , c2009
Edition:3rd ed
Subjects:
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Defining and proving crimes
  • 2. Essential elements of crimes
  • 3. Parties to a crime and inchoate offenses
  • 4. Defenses
  • 5. Crimes against a person
  • 6. Crimes against property and habitation
  • 7. Crimes against public order and public morality
  • 8. Introduction to procedure and the right to counsel
  • 9. Seizures of a person and identification procedures
  • 10. Search and seizure of property
  • 11. Government monitoring of communications and the fourth amendment exclusionary rule
  • 12. Interrogation and self-incrimination
  • 13. Preliminary stages of the prosecution
  • 14. Pretrial motions
  • 15. Trial
  • 16. Verdict, punishment, and judicial review