The court system and sources of rights -- 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 -- Searches and seizures not fully protected by the Fourth Amendment: 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 the trial -- Sentencing, the death penalty, and other forms of punishment -- Legal liabilities of public officers -- Terrorism and electronic surveillance -- Appendix A. Thirty suggestions on how to be an effective witness -- Appendix B. The Constitution of the United States.