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This resource offers extensive updates on the leading Supreme Court cases impacting law enforcement in the United States, creating a must-have reference for police officers to stay up-to-date and have a strong understanding of the law and their function within it.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Probable Cause
Chapter 2. The Exclusionary Rule
Chapter 3. Stop and Frisk
Chapter 4. Arrest and Other Seizures of Persons
Chapter 5. Seizures of Things
Chapter 6. Searches-In General
Chapter 7. Searches After Arrest
Chapter 8. Searches With Consent
Chapter 9. Vehicle Stops and Searches
Chapter 10. Searches of People in Vehicles
Chapter 11. Roadblocks
Chapter 12. Electronic Surveillance
Chapter 13. Plain View and Open Fields Searches
Chapter 14. Searches by Dogs
Chapter 15. Computer/Cell Phone Searches
Chapter 16. Use of Force
Chapter 17. What Constitutes Interrogation for
Miranda Purposes?
Chapter 18. Confessions and Admissions: Cases Affirming
MirandaChapter 19. Confessions and Admissions: Cases Weakening
MirandaChapter 20. Lineups and Other Pretrial Identification Procedures
Chapter 21. Right to Counsel Related to Policing
Chapter 22. Entrapment
Chapter 23. Legal Liabilities
About the author
Rolando V. del Carmen was, at the time of his death, Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice (Law) in the College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University. He authored numerous books and articles in various areas of law related to criminal justice. He won all three major awards given by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, taught numerous graduate and undergraduate classes in law, and was a mentor and friend to many of his students.
Jeffery T. Walker is Designated University Professor and Endowed Chair of Communities and Crime at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. He has written 10 books and over 100 journal articles and book chapters. He has been involved in almost $300 million in grants from the Department of Justice, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Center for Disease Control, and others. His areas of interest are social/environmental factors of neighborhoods, legal issues of policing, and crime mapping/crime analysis. He is a past president of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Editorial experience includes service as Editor of the
Journal of Criminal Justice Education. Previous publications include articles in
Justice Quarterly,
American Journal of Criminal Justice,
and
Journal of Quantitative Criminology, and the books
Legal Guide for Police (Twelfth Edition) and
Foundations of Crime Analysis.
Summary
This resource offers extensive updates on the leading Supreme Court cases impacting law enforcement in the United States, creating a must-have reference for police officers to stay up-to-date and have a strong understanding of the law and their function within it.
