Concise and well-written, this edition of Professors Bloom and Brodin's successful paperback study guide, Examples & Explanations: Criminal Procedure: The Constitutional & Police, provides students with a clear roadmap to understanding Criminal Procedure.
Examples & Explanations: Criminal Procedure: The Constitutional & Police is coherently organized to parallel the coverage of most Criminal Procedure courses, and begins with a short overview of Criminal Procedure, followed by chapters on the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth amendments.
A useful appendix reviews and relates major concepts, while students understand far more than case-by-case decisions through:
 Charts and diagrams that illustrate major concepts;
Chapter overviews that contain accessible summaries of the controlling law;
Progressively difficult examples that challenge students to apply basic concepts to hypothetical situations;
Explanations that help students review the material and reinforce their understanding.
This edition also includes:
Important new Fourth Amendment search and seizure cases, such as Richards v. Wisconsin, Knowles v. Iowa, Minnesota v. Carter, Marilyn v. Wilson, and Pennsylvania v. Labron;
New cases on the latest technological methods of evidence gathering, including thermal imaging, and a discussion of the resulting conflicts with privacy expectations;
Important analysis of Miranda v. Arizona, where the Fourth Circuit attempted to overrule this landmark case exceptional treatment of aerial surveillance;
Gives students a solid grasp of real-world practices new examples and explanations throughout the text. |
