Criminal Procedure: An Introduction for Criminal Justice Professionals

Criminal Procedure: An Introduction for Criminal Justice Professionals is a student-friendly, practical, and timely overview of the essential topics in the field. Designed with the student in mind, Neal R. Bevans brings his wealth of experience as a prosecutor, defense attorney, and author to this accessible textbook. With broad coverage that emphasizes how criminal procedure works in the real world, students will gain a solid foundation in the fundamentals of the law, as well as an understanding of how to apply what they have learned.New to the Second Edition: Now covering only criminal procedure, the text offers a focused introduction to the field. Reorganized and expanded with new chapters on Constitutional Issues and Evidence and The Exclusionary Rule Chapters on the Fourth and Fifth Amendments reorganized to improve the teachability of the material. New cases included throughout the book Improved and expanded end of chapter exercises and practice questions for test review Updated with the latest developments in Criminal ProcedureProfessors and students will benefit from: Broad coverage that includes both traditional and cutting-edge topics Well-crafted pedagogy, including learning objectives at the start of each chapter; boldfaced legal terms, with definitions in the margins; figures and charts that visually translate concepts and procedures; and end-of-chapter questions, activities, and assignments to enrich learning. Scenarios that exemplify how the law is applied in practice. Edited cases at the end of each chapter.