For anyone who's
come face to face with the criminal justice system, this handbook
is the place to turn for answers. In an easy-to-follow, question-and-answer
format it covers:
• search and seizure
• drunk driving
• arrests, booking and bail
• criminal defense lawyers
• lineups
• preliminary hearings and trials
• plea bargains
• sentencing
• juvenile courts
• "crimespeak, the language commonly used in criminal statutes.Do
you know: what happens when you are accused of a crime?
how you are charged?
how plea bargains work?
what happens in court?
Now everyone who needs answers to these questions -- people accused
of a crime, victims of crime, their families and friends, witnesses
and those who want to know how the system works -- has a place to
turn for the information they need.
With The Criminal Law Handbook you can learn exactly what goes
on in a criminal case. The easy-to-follow, question-and-answer format
covers:
arrests
booking
preliminary hearings
charges
bail
courts
arraignment
search and seizure
defenses
evidence
trials
plea bargains
sentencing
juveniles
"crimespeak," the language commonly used in criminal statutes
and much more
The 4th edition, completely revised and updated, provides a new
chapter on prisoners rights, including paroles and pardons. It also
includes information about recent Supreme Court cases, covering
police roadblocks, heat-monitoring devices in searches, the legality
of arrest for petty offenses and more.
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
1: Talking to the Police
2: Search and Seizure: When the Police Can Search for and Seize
Evidence
3: Arrest: When It Happens, What It Means
4: Police Procedures to Help Eyewitnesses Identify Suspects
5: Booking and Bail: Checking In and Checking Out of Jail
6: From Suspect to Defendant: How Crimes Get Charged
7: Criminal Defense Lawyers: Who They Are, What They Do, How to
Find One
8: Understanding the Attorney-Client Relationship in a Criminal
Case
9: A Walk Through Criminal Court
10: Arraignments
11: Developing the Defense Strategy
12: Crimespeak: Understanding the Language of Criminal Laws
13: Defensespeak: Common Defenses to Criminal Charges
14: Discovery: Exchanging Information With the Prosecution
15: Investigating the Facts
16: Preliminary Hearings
17: Fundamental Trial Rights of the Defense
18: Basic Evidence Rules in Criminal Trials
19: Motions and Their Role in Criminal Cases
20: Plea Bargains: How Most Criminal Cases End
21: The Trial Process
22: Sentencing: How the Court Punishes Convicted Defendants
23: Appeals: Seeking Review by a Higher Court
24: How the Criminal Justice System Works: A Walk Through Two Drunk
Driving Cases
25: Juvenile Courts and Procedures
26: Prisoner's Rights
27: Looking Up the Law
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Reviews
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A well written, helpful guide for laypersons interested in their
legal rights--straightforward, non-intimidating and informative.
Laurie Levenson, Associate Dean, Loyola School of Law
An excellent and balanced guide to the state court criminal justice
process...
Library Journal
Quite simply, this volume should be on everybody's bookshelf...
Bergman and Berman-Barrett have created a guided tour of the criminal
justice system -- intended both for the curious and for those who
find themselves caught up in it. .... Though this is a first-rate
reference book, it never feels like a textbook.
The Crime and Punishment Guide
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