NCJ Number
36895
Date Published
1976
Length
269 pages
Annotation
THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN PRIMARILY FOR STUDENTS OF POLICE OR CORRECTIONAL SCIENCE TO INFORM THEM OF THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES TO LAW VIOLATORS FROM ACCUSATION TO SENTENCE COMPLETION.
Abstract
CHAPTERS REVIEW THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF LAWS AND CRIME CAUSATION, CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND COURT SYSTEMS, ARREST, ARRAIGNMENT, PLEAS AND PRELIMINARY HEARINGS, TIME AND PLACE OF TRIAL, PRETRIAL MOTIONS AND PLEA BARGAINING, AND CONFRONTATION AND ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF TRIAL BY JURY, JURY TRIAL AND PUBLIC TRIAL, JURY SELECTION AND SEQUESTERING, TRIAL PROCEDURE, JURY INSTRUCTION AND DELIBERATION, APPEAS, SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONAL PROCEDURE, CLEMENCY, EXTRADITION, WRITS, AND JUVENILE JUSTICE. CONCEPTS ARE ILLUSTRATED WITH RELEVANT CASE LAW.