Criminal Law: A Desk Reference - Softcover
Understand criminal law! Learn about crimes, the system, and your rights
Whether you’re studying law, work in law enforcement, or simply want to know more about the criminal justice system, this book can help.
Criminal Law: A Desk Reference covers the basic to the complex in alphabetical order. Whether it’s “alibi” or “writ of habeas corpus,” the book makes it easy to find and understand what you’re looking for.
With this book you’ll be able to:
Whether you’re studying law, work in law enforcement, or simply want to know more about the criminal justice system, this book can help.
Criminal Law: A Desk Reference covers the basic to the complex in alphabetical order. Whether it’s “alibi” or “writ of habeas corpus,” the book makes it easy to find and understand what you’re looking for.
With this book you’ll be able to:
- learn the law with real-life examples
- understand procedures from arraignment through appeals
- see defenses to common crimes, and
- understand recent movements in the law, like new rules on cellphone privacy and the elimination of cash bail.
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Criminal law can be a maze of conflicting principles, strange jargon, and confusing procedures. Not with this book. Criminal Law: A Desk Reference puts a quick understanding of so many criminal law concepts at your fingertips. Its easy-to-read style and compelling real-world examples bring home complex concepts. It provides enough detail to convey the essentials, but not enough to bog you down. If you want a working knowledge of the criminal justice system, this is your book.
From the Author:
Criminal Law: A Desk Reference is an A-to-Z explanation of criminal laws and processes. The book comprises hundreds of entries that will be helpful to people who want to know more about the criminal justice process, especially if they face criminal charges or are crime victims. The book provides clear and down-to-earth explanations of most common crimes and of basic criminal procedures, such as arrest, search and seizure, bail, rules of evidence, constitutional rights, victims’ rights, and prisoners’ rights. Many entries are accompanied by common-sense examples drawn from a variety of sources, including actual cases and classic courtroom movies.
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- PublisherNOLO
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1413325769
- ISBN 13 9781413325768
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number4
- Number of pages432
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