Coverage of basic and nontraditional topics in criminal procedure

Basic legal concepts and issues are presented in conversational language and tone, including search-and-seizure and interrogation and identification procedures.
Topics not addressed in conventional criminal justice texts are covered, such as the pretrial process; the roles of defense attorneys, prosecutors, and grand juries; plea bargaining and guilty pleas; rights of criminal defendants at trial; and appeals and habeas corpus.
Extensive use of actual legal forms and police department policy manual excerpts show how criminal justice professionals deal with the concepts and issues covered throughout the text.

Up-to-date court decisions and their implications

Expanded - Supreme Court decisions through the 2016-17 term have been added among numerous others.
Revised - Case law presentations have been revised, with more discussion of case facts and details throughout.
Expanded - Additional coverage has been added on the “fruit of the poisonous tree” doctrine (chapter 2) and vehicle stops, due to recent Supreme Court decisions (chapter 6). Several additional sentencing cases have been added to chapter 15.
New - New sections have been added addressing cellular phone searches in light of the 2014 Riley v. California decision (chapter 5) and DNA-based identification (chapter 9).
Updated - The section on impartial judges in chapter 13 has been revised and expanded in light of recent cases.

Opportunities for practice and further study

Decision-Making exercises scattered throughout each chapter place readers in the position of judge, asking them to decide a case based on the facts presented.
Revised - End-of-chapter web links and exercises have been updated. They elaborate on and reinforce key issues and points raised in the chapter.
Each chapter concludes with Further Exploration, an examination of controversial and unsettled issues in criminal procedure, entertaining ideas likely to come up in the not-too-distant future.
Comprehensive instructor support includes an instructor’s manual with a test bank; TestGen, a computerized test generation system; and PowerPoint^® slides to assist with class lectures.

Criminal Procedure: From First Contact to Appeal, 6th Edition, is also available via Revel™, an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience. Learn more.

Check out the preface for a complete list of features and what's new in this edition.

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