The criminal law handbook : know your rights, survive the system / Paul Bergman & Sara J. Berman.
Provides practical guidance on America's criminal justice system in a question-and-answer format, covering search and seizure, arrest, criminal defense lawyers, defense strategy, trial rights, plea bargains, sentencing, appeals, juvenile courts, prisoners' rights, and other aspects, and providing examples.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781413316209
- ISBN: 1413316204
- Physical Description: 652 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: 12th edition.
- Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Nolo, 2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Talking to the police -- Search and seizure -- Arrest : when it happens, what it means -- Eyewitness identification : psychology and procedures -- Booking and bail : checking in and out of jail -- From suspect to defendant -- Criminal defense lawyers -- Understanding the attorney-client relationship in a criminal case -- A walk through criminal court -- Arraignments -- Developing the defense strategy -- Crimespeak : understanding the language of criminal laws -- Defensespeak : common defenses to criminal charges -- Discovery : exchanging information with the prosecution -- Investigating the facts -- Preliminary hearings -- Fundamental trial rights of the defense -- Basic evidence rules in criminal trials -- Motions and their role in criminal cases -- Plea bargains : how most criminal cases end -- The trial process -- Sentencing -- Appeals -- How the criminal justice system works : a walk through two drunk driving cases -- Juvenile courts and procedures -- Prisoners' rules -- Looking up the law. |
| Target Audience Note: | Adult Follett Library Resources Adult |
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| Subject: | Criminal procedure > United States > Popular works. Criminal procedure > United States. |
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| Madison Main Library | 345.73 BER (Text) | 30229100855633 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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