NCJ Number
37961
Date Published
1976
Length
450 pages
Annotation
THIS SYMPOSIUM WAS DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PROSECUTORS, DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, AND JUDGES, WHO DEAL WITH OR EXPECT TO DEAL WITH HOMICIDE CASES.
Abstract
HELD OCTOBER 26-30, 1976, IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, THE PROGRAM WAS PRESENTED BY THE CALIFORNIA DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION IN AN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE THE PREPARATION, PRESENTATION, AND DISPOSITION OF HOMICIDE CASES. THIS LOOSELEAF BINDER CONTAINS INDIVIDUAL WRITTEN PRESENTATIONS ON THE 26 TOPICS COVERED AT THE SYMPOSIUM. INCLUDED ARE PAPERS ON HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION, MURDER AND MADNESS, THE LAW OF HOMICIDE, ARREST/SEARCH AND SEIZURE, AND INTERROGATION IN HOMICIDE CASES. OTHER TOPICS COVERED OPENING AND CLOSING STATEMENTS IN HOMICIDE CASES, DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCE, JUVENILE COURT HOMICIDE TRIALS, THE DEATH PENALTY, MASS MURDER, AND THE ISSUE OF PSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE IN HOMICIDE TRIALS. SPECIAL RELATED SUBJECTS INCLUDE VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA, CRIMINALISTICS IN HOMICIDE CASES, PAROLE AND HOMICIDE, THE LEGAL CONCEPT OF DEATH, AND FREE PRESS, GAG ORDERS, AND MURDER. (SNI ABSTRACT)