Publisher's Synopsis
The Sixteenth Edition continues with its comprehensive coverage of the constitutional, statutory, and ethical rules regulating the criminal investigative processes with clear statements of the black-letter law as well as inclusion of the most thoughtful and provocative commentary available. The authors bring together the latest statistics, relevant legislative trends, and insightful policy and scholarly debates, facilitating critical analysis of the process and its potential reforms. The new edition presents revised materials on search and seizure; pays increased attention to history, race and racial justice; covers the latest empirical studies; and frames the issues in a way that makes this textbook the nation's premier text for teaching criminal procedure.The book covers such topics as: Searches and seizure Right to counsel Scope of the exclusionary rule Police interrogation and confessions Undercover investigations Lineups and other pre-trial identification procedures Grand jury investigation Criminal Procedure: Investigation includes chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 from Kamisar, LaFave, and Israel's Modern Criminal Procedure, 16th Edition (2023).
