Criminal Procedure |  | Author: Joel Samaha
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Category: Book
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Edition: 7
Pages: 656
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Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 8.3 x 1.1
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Written with a real passion for communicating the meaning behind the principles criminal procedure, Samaha's text focuses on not just the "how to," but the "why"-providing case excerpts and meaningful legal analysis as well as emphasizing the need for a balance of government power and the liberty/privacy of individuals as a central, and very timely, theme of his book. This current Seventh Edition addresses the entire criminal procedure process, from search and seizure to post-conviction sentencing and review by appellate courts, while providing timely case updates and topic coverage in key areas such as terrorism and homeland security, the USA-PATRIOT Act, searches and seizures, military tribunals, new sentencing guidelines, and more.
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 Forensic Science December 14, 2009
Sioux-z-anne (Laredo, TX)
Thanks to books like this and Amazon, I am now a Criminalist without being broke.
Easy to understand April 6, 2010
J. Arroyo-Roman
A lot of these chapters were extremely easy to understand, and broke things down in a way that allowed me to both understand what was going on and apply it to other situations. It definitely summarizes things fairly well and adds a lot of court case examples to back up the text, which is nice to see real life examples of these cases within the book instead of having to search for them elsewhere.
 Criminal Procedure with CD-ROM September 4, 2005
N. Pearson (Sunny San Diego, CA USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The cases were written in an understandable English language and the CD-ROM was helpful in simplifing the chapters but they were too bare. They helped point you in the right direction but needed to be filled in a little more from the chapters.
Good book but lots of difficult terminolgy November 21, 2009
D. Craig (USA)
This book was used in class for Law and Criminal Procedure. The textbook read great however, the supreme court rulings were difficult to follow. At times I thought I thought I was reading one legal outcome only to find out that I had the wrong interpretation of the law as described. I think it would help to do a little Legal terminology 101 just for review by yourself. Without it, certain aspects of the what the author is trying to convey may get lost in the terminology and legal jargon.
Good Material, but might be a little overwhelming without good guidance July 9, 2010
D. Cannon (USA)
This book was used with one of my elective criminal justice courses in college, and the material was overall pretty good, but our instructor had us read certain sections and skip others. Don't know how good it would be if you planned on reading it front to back.
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