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Criminal Court Processes and Procedures
The following chapters will cover topics such as the US Court System, the collection and use of evidence, and the trial and sentencing processes. There are several types of interactive features in this book to help you, the student, engage with the various concepts and procedures involved in criminal court systems.
- Author
- Tabitha Raber
- Publisher
- Taft College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY
- Language
- EN
Contents· 107 sections
- 01: Foundations in Criminal Court
- 1.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
- 1.02: Critical Thinking
- 1.03: Criminal Court Theories And Concepts
- 1.04: Due Process Fundamental Fairness and Equal Justice
- 1.05: The Crime Control and Due Process Models
- 1.06: Importance of Empirical Evidence in Criminal Justice-The Use of Science to Understand Crime and Develop
- 02: Criminal Process Overview
- 2.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
- 2.02: Critical Thinking
- 2.03: Criminal Justice in the United States- A Primer
- 2.04: The United States Court System- A Dual Court System
- 2.05: Substantive Criminal Law
- 2.06: Overview of the Criminal Procedure
- 03: Sources and limitations of criminal law
- 3.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
- 3.02: Critical Thinking
- 3.03: The Sources of Law
- 3.04: The Rights of the Suspect
- 3.05: Functions and Limitations of Law
- 3.06: Civil Criminal and Moral Wrongs
- 3.07: Classification of Law
- 04: Criminal Investigation
- 4.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
- 4.02: Critical Thinking
- 4.03: Introduction to Criminal Investigation
- 4.04: Collecting Evidence
- 4.05: Criminal Profiling
- 4.06: Racial Profiling
- 4.07: Terry Stops
- 4.08: A Critical Look at Terry Stops
- 05: Search Warrants
- 5.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
- 5.02: Critical Thinking
- 5.03: Obtaining a Search Warrant
- 5.04: Search Warrant Procedures
- 5.05: Searches Without Warrants
- 06: Defining Search warrants and the exclusionary rule
- 6.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
- 6.02: Critical Thinking
- 6.03: The Purpose of the 4th Amendment
- 6.04: History and Evolution of the 4th Amendment
- 6.05: The Exclusionary Rule and the Exceptions
- 6.06: Closer Examination of the Third-Party Doctrine
- 6.07: Consent Searches
- 07: The Arrest
- 7.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
- 7.02: Critical Thinking
- 7.03: Identifying Probable Cause
- 7.04: Developing Probable Cause
- 7.05: Unique Circumstances
- 7.06: Rights of the Arrestee
- 7.07: Use of Force Continuum
- 7.08: Use of Force During Arrest
- 7.09: Does the Militarization of Police Contribute to Use of Force Issues One Study Finds Yes
- 08: Interrogation Self-Incrimination and Confessions
- 8.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
- 8.02: Critical Thinking
- 8.03: Introduction
- 8.04: Interviewing Questioning and Interrogating
- 8.05: Evaluating the Evidence (Interrogation)
- 8.06: Examining False Confessions
- 8.07: Interviewing Juveniles
- 09: Identifying Information
- 9.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
- 9.02: Critical Thinking
- 9.03: Eyewitness Identification
- 9.04: The Misinformation Effect
- 9.05: Physical Evidence
- 9.06: Legal Aspects of Forensic Evidence
- 10: Criminal Court Players
- 10.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
- 10.02: Critical Thinking
- 10.03: Judges and Court Staff
- 10.04: The Prosecutor
- 10.05: Defense Counsel
- 10.06: Conclusion
- 11: Official Misconduct and the Exclusionary
- 11.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
- 11.02: Critical Thinking
- 11.03: Official Misconduct
- 11.04: The Exclusionary Rule
- 11.05: Exceptions to the Exclusionary Rule-Important Case Law
- 11.06: Michael F. Murray Petitioner V. United States Of America james D. Carter Petitionerv. United States Of America
- 12: Pretrial Court Process and Plea Agreements.
- 12.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
- 12.02: Critical Thinking
- 12.03: Pretrial Phase
- 12.04: Misdemeanor vs. Felony PreTrial Process
- 12.05: Preliminary Hearing (Information) vs. Grand Jury (Indictment)
- 12.06: Plea Agreements
- 12.07: Key Supreme Court Cases on Plea Agreements
- 12.08: Empirical Research on Plea Agreements
- 13: Trial and Conviction
- 13.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
- 13.02: Critical Thinking
- 13.03: The Trial Process
- 13.04: The Burden of Proof
- 13.05: Trial
- 13.06: Legal Defenses
- 13.07: The Verdict
- 14: Sentencing Appeals and Habeus Corpus
- 14.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
- 14.02: Critical Thinking
- 14.03: Sentencing Phase
- 14.04: Post-Conviction Phase (Appeals Phase)
- 14.05: Federal Appellate Review of State Cases