Allyn & Bacon / Prentice Hall

Criminal Justice



Criminal Procedure: Theory and Practice, 2/E
Jefferson L. Ingram, University of Dayton

ISBN-10: 0131352091
ISBN-13: 9780131352094

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2009
Format: Cloth; 560 pp
Published: 05/21/2008

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For courses in Criminal Procedure.

 

This book balances straightforward text and presentations of numerous historical and contemporary cases to provide students with a thorough and interesting introduction to criminal procedure. Cases are now integrated into each chapter and comments, notes and questions accompany each case. This edition features three new chapters, How Would You Decide exercises and a companion website to support the text. Using a balanced text/case format it provides an overview of criminal procedure as well as a detailed analysis of areas of the law that require specialized consideration.

For courses in Criminal Procedure.

 

This book balances straightforward text and presentations of numerous historical and contemporary cases to provide students with a thorough and interesting introduction to criminal procedure. Cases are now integrated into each chapter and comments, notes and questions accompany each case. This edition features three new chapters, How Would You Decide exercises and a companion website to support the text. Using a balanced text/case format it provides an overview of criminal procedure as well as a detailed analysis of areas of the law that require specialized consideration.

 

Hallmark Features

 

Balanced text/case format–numerous edited cases bring to life the concepts and ideas presented in the text of each chapter.

  • Gives students solid coverage of key concepts and ideas as well as many concrete examples of how these concepts and ideas are reflected in law. 

Historical landmark cases–presented along with more contemporary modifying cases that clarify the legal principles of the landmark case.

  • Provides students with a contemporary understanding of criminal procedure law. 

Comments, notes & questions accompany each case presented.

  • Helps students focus on the key legal concepts of each case and asks them to apply these concepts to other situations.  

Chapter opening learning tools–including chapter outlines, learning objectives and key terms & definitions.

  • Helps students better comprehend the ideas presented in each chapter.  

Review Questions and Exercises–appear in each chapter.

  • Help test each student’s knowledge as well as encourage application. 

Companion Website–contains new legal cases keyed to each chapter.

  • Gives additional assignment material and fresh examples.

 

New! Chapter 1, Constitution and the Bill of Rights–The Source of Protections for the Accused.

  • Addresses the historical basis for the constitutional rights possessed by accused persons. 

New! Chapter 2, Criminal Courts–Organization, Function, Jurisdiction and Criminal Trials.

  • Explains how criminal courts are organized and provides an introduction to the constitutional criminal process. 

New! Chapter 9, Searches of Open Fields and Abandoned Property.

  • Discusses the concept of open fields, the cartilage concept, voluntary abandonment of personal property and legal cases that illustrate major principles. 

New! Edited cases–are now integrated into the chapter.

  • Places illustrative case material within the chapter material to make application easier.  

New! How Would You Decide? sections–appear at the end of each chapter.

  • Asks students to apply their knowledge of chapter material in order to determine the outcome of real-world legal cases.

Part 1: The Criminal Procedure Matrix

 

Chapter 1 Constitution and the Bill of Rights: The Source of Protections for the Accused

Chapter 2  Criminal Courts: Organization, Function, Jurisdiction, and the Criminal Process

Chapter 3 The Principles of the Mapp Exclusionary Rule

 

Part 2: Arrest, Stop and Frisk and Search Warrant Practice

 

Chapter 4 Arrest and Related Concepts

Chapter 5 Stop and Frisk and Related Concepts

Chapter 6 Obtaining and Using Search Warrants: Practice, Execution, and Return

 

Part 3: Searching Persons and Property

 

Chapter 7 Searches and Seizures: Places, Persons and Vehicles

Chapter 8 Special Needs Searches [old chapter five]

Chapter 9 Searches of Open Fields and Abandoned Property

 

Part 4: Miranda Warnings, Confessions, and Identification Procedures

 

Chapter 10 Miranda Warnings and Related Requirements

Chapter 11 Confessions and the Fifth Amendment

 

Part 5: Pretrial and Trial Criminal Procedure and Appellate Practice

 

Chapter 12  Pretrial Criminal Process: Pretrial Motions, Identification Process, Preliminary Hearing, Bail, Right to Counsel, Speedy Trial, and Double Jeopardy

Chapter 13 Trial Procedure and Legal Rights [old chap 13 mostly]

Chapter 14 Appellate Practice and Other Posttrial Remedies

 

Appendices

A: The Constitution of the United States

B:  The Bill of Rights

 

Glossary

 

Index

 

Table of Cases

 

Jefferson Ingram began his academic career by teaching Constitutional History for the Department of History at the University of Dayton in the Spring of 1978 and entered a  full-time tenure track position in the Criminal Justice Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Dayton in the Fall of 1978.  He continued to teach in the Department of History for two more semesters and offered courses in Criminal Procedure, The Law of Evidence, and Criminal Law until the late 1990's for the Criminal Justice Program.  During this time, he team taught a death penalty course, The Death Penalty, with a philosophy professor and offered a philosophy-criminal justice course jointly with a philosophy professor on The Moral Basis for Civil and Criminal Law.  In 1990, he taught a course for the School of Business Administration, Law for the Accounting Profession. In 1994, the Criminal Justice Program became the Criminal Justice Studies Program and the course on evidence was phased out with new duties added in the form of teaching a senior seminar course for all graduating Criminal Justice students.  In the Summer of 2003, Jefferson Ingram joined the Department of Political Science at the University of Dayton as a tenured faculty member, where he continues to teach and support students in the Criminal Justice Studies Program as needed.

 

During the twenty-nine years of teaching, Jefferson Ingram has published books on criminal procedure, Cases and Materials on Criminal Procedure, Copyright 1986, Anderson Publishing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, and Criminal Procedure: Cases and Materials, Copyright 1995, Anderson Publishing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, along with ancillary teaching manuals.  A third book on criminal procedure, Criminal Procedure, Theory and Practice, Copyright 2005, Pearson Education, Inc. In the area of the law of evidence, Criminal Evidence, 8th edition by John Klotter and Jefferson Ingram with Anderson Publishing and Criminal Evidence, 9th edition by Jefferson Ingram with Mathew Bender Company are recent publications.

Criminal Procedure: Theory and Practice presents a broad overview of criminal procedure as well as a detailed analysis of specific areas of the law that require specialized consideration.  The second edition has been thoroughly revised to provide students with an updated, comprehensive text written in reader-friendly language to introduce them the field of criminal procedure.

 

New to the Second Edition: 

  • Three new chapters have been added to address the following topics:
    • Chapter 1 addresses the historical basis for the constitutional rights possessed by accused persons and places these rights in an historical matrix
    • Chapter 2 explains how criminal courts are organized and provides an introduction to the constitutional criminal process
    • Chapter 9 gives detailed coverage concerning the searches of abandoned property and open fields
  • Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter provide instructors and students with a mental framework for teaching and learning the chapter material.
  • Summary at the end of each chapter paraphrases the content for students’ review.
  • Review Exercises and Questions at the end of each chapter provide students with opportunities for testing their knowledge of the material.
  • How Would You Decide? feature at the end of each chapter asks students to apply their new knowledge of the chapter material in order to determine the outcome of real-world legal cases.
  • Updated cases have been embedded within the chapters to place them within the context of the related topics and serve as illustrative examples.
  • Supplement package has been updated for the second edition and is available for download at the Prentice Hall Instructor Resource Center (www.prenhall.com/irc):
    • Instructor’s Manual with Test Bank (0131598198)
    • TestGen electronic test generator (013159821X)
    • PowerPoints (0131598201)
  • Website at www.criminalprocedurebyingram.com has been updated for the second edition to keep students and instructors can remain on the cutting edge of important developments in the field of criminal procedure. The site will continue to be updated frequently as new cases are decided and as new interpretations develop.  Instructors may choose to link directly to this companion web site with their individual webs sites and course syllabi.

 

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