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Criminal Procedure: A Contemporary Perspective, Third Edition

Author(s): James R. Acker, JD, PhD, Distinguished Teaching Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, New York
David C. Brody, JD, PhD, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice Program, Washington State University, Spokane
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  • ISBN-13: 9781449652340
  • Product With Access Code    676 pages      © 2013
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Criminal Procedure: A Contemporary Perspective, Third Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the rules and principles of criminal procedure law. This text uses a case study approach, with a focus on the U.S. Supreme Court, to help readers develop the analytical skills necessary to understand the origins, context, and evolution of the law. With an emphasis on federal constitutional law, all cases and accompanying discussions have been updated throughout, as have the end-of-chapter review questions and key terms. Readers will find the third edition of Criminal Procedure: A Contemporary Perspective to offer a comprehensive and modern overview of the complex subject of criminal procedure.

New and Key Features of the Third Edition:

  • All cases and coverage of case law have been updated throughout to offer students the most current information on the subject
  • Includes case law associated with homeland security and criminal procedure, throughout the book.
  • Provides new and updated key terms, review questions, and oral argument references at the end of each chapter.
  • Every new copy is packaged with full student access to the student companion website featuring a wealth of interactive study tools.
  • Instructor resources include an instructor's manual, Test Bank, and PowerPoint lecture outlines.

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Chapter  1  The Law of Criminal Procedure: Of Means and Ends
Chapter  2  Building Blocks for the Study of Criminal Procedure Law
Chapter  3  The Law of Search and Seizure
Chapter  4  Arrests, Probable Cause, and the Warrant Requirement
Chapter  5  Exceptions to the Warrant “Requirement”
Chapter  6  Interrogation, Confessions, and Self-Incrimination
Chapter  7  Eyewitness Identification
Chapter  8  The Pretrial Process
Chapter  9  The Prosecutor and the Adversarial System
Chapter  10  The Accused's Right to Counsel
Chapter  11  Guilty Pleas and Plea Bargaining
Chapter  12  The Adjudication Process
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James R. Acker, JD, PhD-Distinguished Teaching Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany, New York

James R. Acker is a Distinguished Teaching Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University at Albany. He holds J.D. (Duke University) and PhD (University at Albany, in criminal justice) degrees. He is the recipient of Excellence in Teaching Awards from the University at Albany and the State University of New York (SUNY). He is the co-author, with David Brody, of Criminal Procedure: A Contemporary Perspective (Jones & Bartlett Learning, 3rd ed. 2013) and Criminal Law (Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2d ed. 2010), and co-author, with JoAnne Malatesta, of Introduction to Law and Criminal Justice (Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2013).  He is the author of Scottsboro and Its Legacy: The Cases That Challenged American Legal and Social Justice (Praeger Publishers 2008), and co-editor of The Future of America’s Death Penalty: An Agenda for the Next Generation of Capital Punishment Research (Carolina Academic Press 2009); Wounds That Do Not Bind: Victim-Based Perspectives on the Death Penalty (Carolina Academic Press 2006); and America’s Experiment With Capital Punishment: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of the Ultimate Penal Sanction (Carolina Academic Press, 2d ed. 2003).

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David C. Brody, JD, PhD-Associate Professor, Criminal Justice Program, Washington State University, Spokane

David C. Brody is an associate professor in the Criminal Justice Program at Washington State University.  He received a JD from the University of Arizona College of Law and a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University at Albany.  He is the author of books on the criminal court system,  criminal law and criminal procedure, and over twenty scholarly articles that have been published in such journals as the American Criminal Law Review, Crime & Delinquency, Denver University Law Review, Hastings Women’s Law Journal, Justice System Journal, and Judicature.  In addition to legal scholarship, David’s research focuses on judicial selection and performance evaluation systems, jury reform, and the interaction between law and criminal justice policy. 

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Criminal Procedure: A Contemporary Perspective, Third Edition is written for the undergraduate Criminal Procedure course, sometimes called Criminal Law II.

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