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Clear and easy to understand, Joel Samaha's best-selling text helps
you apply criminal law's enduring foundations and principles to
fascinating, current court cases and specific crimes. With a blend
of case excerpts and author commentary, the author guides you as
you sharpen your critical thinking and legal analysis skills. As
you progress through the book, you'll learn about the general
principles of criminal liability and its defenses, as well as the
elements of crimes against persons, property, society, and the
state. You'll also see these principles at work in the cases and
crimes that illustrate them. Featuring the latest topics and court
cases, real-world illustrations, and study tools to maximize your
course success (including MindTap), CRIMINAL LAW, 12th Edition will
serve as a valuable reference long after you graduate. In fact,
former users report that this is the only book they keep, and those
who go on to law school say that it helps them in their criminal
law course.
This straightforward introduction to criminal procedure combines
case excerpts with clear, detailed legal discussion and analysis to
equip you with a solid understanding of the field. Widely acclaimed
author Dr. Joel Samaha is known for his ability to help readers
grasp the complexities of law by clearly and carefully presenting
all sides of an issue. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE covers the whole criminal
process -- from crime prevention and investigation by law
enforcement to court procedures before trial to sentencing and
review by appeals courts. You'll read about criminal procedure in
the digital age, law enforcement crowd control and the First
Amendment, police body cams and citizen smartphone videos of police
encounters, and trial judge review of search warrant applications
based on digital sources such as smartphones. Other topics include
the political nature of the U.S. Supreme Court and developments in
forensic evidence acquisition, enhanced interrogation, and
immigration law.
This straightforward introduction to criminal procedure combines
case excerpts with clear, detailed legal discussion and analysis to
equip readers with a solid understanding of the field. Widely
acclaimed author Dr. Joel Samaha is known for his unique ability to
help readers grasp the complexities of law by clearly and carefully
presenting all sides of an issue. The exciting new Eighth Edition
addresses the entire criminal procedure process--from search and
seizure to post-conviction sentencing and review by appellate
courts--while providing new or expanded coverage of such key issues
as terrorism/homeland security, the USA-PATRIOT Act, searches and
seizures, military tribunals, recent changes to sentencing
guidelines, and more.
Clear, concise, and cutting edge, Joel Samaha's best-selling
CRIMINAL LAW, International Edition helps you apply criminal law's
enduring foundations and principles to fascinating court cases and
specific crimes. With a balanced blend of case excerpts and author
commentary, the author guides you as you sharpen your critical
thinking and legal analysis skills. As you progress through the
book, you'll learn about the general principles of criminal
liability and its defenses, as well as the elements of crimes
against persons, property, society, and the state. You'll also see
these principles at work in the cases and crimes that illustrate
them.
Samaha's CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Seventh Edition has retained its role as
a leader in the introduction to criminal justice market. It offers
a unique decision-making approach that engages students and
promotes critical thinking while providing a thorough and engaging
introduction to the field. This edition retains and enhances these
strengths with such features as "Fact or Fiction?"-a new feature
that gets students thinking about the major topics at the beginning
of each chapter, "Make Your Decision"-a new multi-page section that
concludes each chapter, and "Criminal Justice and Technology" -a
new feature that highlights the impact of rapidly changing
technology on the system. The new format includes a rich variety of
full-color illustrations and photos that add to the engaging
writing to hold students' interest. Also, the book features
up-to-the-minute coverage of the hottest topics in the field,
including the impact of world terrorism and rapidly changing
technologies. This manageable 15-chapter text now includes separate
chapters on the explanations of criminal behavior (Chapter 3), on
trial and guilty pleas (Chapter 10) and on juvenile justice
(Chapter 15).
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