Understanding criminal procedure: Volume 1, Investigation Book pdf

Joshua Dressler ( University of California, Los Angeles, 1973) a Distinguished University Professor. He is one of the country's leading authorities on the subjects of criminal law and criminal procedure. His recent research focuses on legal issues concerning battered women. He is the co-author of Criminal Procedure: Principles, Policies, and Perspectives now in its third edition (West, 2006) and the sole author of Cases and Materials on Criminal Law now in its fourth edition (West, 2007). He has written two legal treatises and a wide range of scholarly articles and book chapters on a range of topics in criminal law and procedure. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the four-volume Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, and the co-founder and co-editor of the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law.

Understanding criminal procedure: Volume 1, Investigation book pdf by Joshua Dressler

Introduction to criminal procedure -- Overarching policy issues in criminal procedure -- Incorporation of the Bill of Rights -- Fourth Amendment: overview -- Fourth Amendment: "persons, houses, papers, and effects" -- Fourth Amendment terminology: "search" -- Fourth Amendment terminology: "seizure" -- Fourth Amendment: "probable cause" -- Arrests -- Search warrants: in general -- Warrantless searches: exigent circumstances -- Searches incident to lawful arrests -- Searches of cars and containers therein -- "Plain view" and related documents -- Inventory searches -- Consent searches -- Terry v. Ohio: the "reasonableness" balancing standard in criminal investigations -- More "reasonableness" balancing: searches and seizures primarily conducted for non-criminal law purposes -- Fourth Amendment: standing -- Fourth Amendment: exclusionary rule -- Interrogation law: overview -- Interrogation law: due process clause -- Interrogation law: privilege against compelled self-incrimination -- Interrogation law: Miranda v. Arizona -- Interrogation law: Sixth Amendment right to counsel -- Eyewitness identification procedures -- Entrapment -- The right to counsel: at trial and on appeal.