The best plain-English book on criminal law available! The criminal justice system is a complex maze, full of confusing rules and procedures. Fortunately, you can turn to this book for clear and complete explanations. The Criminal Law Handbook answers your questions about every part of a criminal case. Find out everything you've ever wanted to know about how the system works and why police, lawyers and judges do what they do. It covers arrests, booking, preliminary hearings, charges, bail, courts, arraignment, search and seizure, defenses, evidence, trials, plea bargains, sentencing, juveniles, "crimespeak" -- the language commonly used in criminal statutes, and much more!

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Product Description: Historically, prime-time television has devoted at least one-third of its programming to crime. The extreme popularity of crime shows continues unabated. From Law & Order to CSI, Americans are riveted by crime TV. Court TV and other cable channels produce true crime series, too, that take viewers through both current crimes and trials and cold cases...read more

Do you know what happens when you are accused of a crime? How you are charged? How plea bargains work? What happens in court? Anyone who needs answers to these questions -- people accused of a crime, victims of crime, their families and friends, witnesses and those who want to know how the system works -- can turn to a plain-English legal book for the information they need.The easy-to-follow, question-and-answer format covers: · arrests and booking · preliminary hearings · charges · bail · courts · arraignment · search and seizure · defenses · evidence · trials · plea bargains · sentencing · juveniles · "crimespeak," the language commonly used in criminal statutes The 7th edition covers all of the latest changes in criminal law and Supreme Court cases, including a new section on white-collar crime. It also includes new information about capital punishment, imprisonment data and bail.

A defense attorney integrates valuable legal information with humorous true-life tales of small-time crimes and helpful legal definitions as she answers such questions as 'How much pot do you need to have in your possession to warrant a felony conviction?' and 'What merits a strip search?' 30,000 first printing.

Product Description: A unique handbook comparing defendant rights in legal traditions around the world in light of fast-changing developments in U.S. law since September 11, 2001, and the USA PATRIOT Act.• Chronology covers the evolution of defendant rights in the United States including material on the Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist Courts• Primary source documents include the U...read more

A definitive guide to real-life murder investigations by a detective covers all aspects of a fictional murder case, from the initial investigations and forensics, to the trial, to the eventual execution, and includes a discussion of recent murder cases. Tour. (view table of contents)

Answers questions about the criminal court system, discussing the roles of lawyers, police, and judges, and covering such topics as bail, preliminary hearings, evidence, lineups, and sentencing

Surveys the laws covering the possession, sale, and cultivation of marijuana, describes when individuals may be stopped and searched by the police, and explains the legal rights of the accused