Rolando V. Del Carmen, Sam Houston State University ; Craig Hemmens, Washington State University.
Tenth edition.
Boston, MA :
Cengage Learning,
[2017]
xxii, 538 pages :
illustrations, forms ;
27 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The court system, sources of rights, and fundamental principles -- Overview of the criminal justice process -- Probable cause and reasonable suspicion -- The exclusionary rule -- Stop and frisk and stationhouse detention -- Arrests and use of force -- Searches and seizures of things -- Motor vehicle stops, searches, and inventories -- Plain view, open fields, abandonment, and border searches -- Lineups and other means of pretrial identification -- Confessions and admissions: Miranda v. Arizona -- Basic constitutional rights of the accused during trial -- Sentencing, the death penalty, and other forms of punishment -- Legal liabilities of law enforcement officers -- Electronic surveillance and the War on Terror.