Seven Deadly Sins: Constitutional Rights and the Criminal Justice System - Softcover

Lynch, David R.; Sween, Molly; Denniston, Mark; Bayley, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611637368 ISBN 13: 9781611637366

Publisher: Carolina Academic Pr, 2016

Synopsis

This textbook brings a fresh approach to the study of constitutional criminal rights in the context of the American criminal justice system. It is intentionally written at a level suitable for an undergraduate. Seven Deadly Sins presents seven core constitutional virtues, introduced to the reader via their mirror opposites, which the authors call the ''seven deadly constitutional sins'' of the criminal justice system. These negative attributes or ''sins'' are: intolerance, subterfuge, intrusiveness, craftiness, favoritism, cruelty, and subservience to authority. Some of these negative attributes are housed entirely in one amendment to the constitution (e.g. cruelty) while others span several areas of the Bill of Rights (e.g., subservience to authority). Each negative trait is presented in two companion chapters. The first of the two chapters introduces the negative trait (e.g., ''ntolerance'') and establishes its constitutional place via a presentation of various, appellate law decisions written in language suitable for an undergraduate student. The second, or companion, chapter then presents real world, non-legal ''stories'' from the field in the areas of policing and corrections that illustrate the trait using a more ''hands on'' approach. It is this combination of true stories from the field coupled with conceptualizing constitutional rights in terms of their mirror opposites (including the grouping of several amendments at once when necessary) that makes this book unique and fresh.

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About the Author

David Lynch is a Professor and Chair of Criminal Justice at Weber State University. Molly Sween is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Weber State University. Mark Denniston is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Weber State University. Bruce Bayley is a Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Weber State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Carolina Academic Pr
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611637368
• ISBN 13: 9781611637366
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 407