Procedures in the Criminal Justice Systems - Softcover

Stuckey, Gilbert B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0675213525 ISBN 13: 9780675213523

Publisher: Pearson, 1990

Synopsis

This text provides the introductory student with a thorough understanding of the justice system by examining how it achieves law and order. The book explains the duties and responsibilities of law enforcement agencies, courts, and correctional departments, following the criminal offender from the time of arrest through the completion of sentence. Written in a conversational style, all legal rules are presented in language that is easy to understand.

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Review

"The approach is great. It goes in a very orderly and logical fashion, taking each step of the criminal process at a time." ― Mark A. Stelter, Montgomery College, Conroe, TX

From the Back Cover

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0675213525
• ISBN 13: 9780675213523
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 322