Criminal Procedure for the Criminal Justice Professional

Ferdico, a former assistant attorney general and director of law enforcement education for the state of Maine, et al. offer a textbook for college students preparing to be law enforcement officers and other criminal justice professionals, those in law enforcement training academies, and high school students that focuses on criminal procedure and is meant to be concise and accessible. This edition has new and expanded sections on areas such as bail, double jeopardy, plea bargaining, competency issues, speedy trial, computer forensics, GPS tracking, cell-site data searches, monitoring of social networking sites, data stored in computers in motor vehicles, DNA searches, the TSA's use of more invasive pat downs and advanced imaging technologies, wrongful convictions, statutes of limitations, the Confrontation Clause, compulsory process, and the major rules of evidence; a new practice element to help students connect criminal procedure to the real world and evaluate actual cases; updated citations to the most recent case law; added cases; and other changes. The chapter on criminal courts, pretrial processes, and the exclusionary rule has been divided into two chapters, as has the chapter on administrative searches, special needs searches, and electronic surveillance. A new chapter on trials, appeals, and post-conviction remedies has been added. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)