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Criminal Court Processes and Procedures

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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
  1. 01: Foundations in Criminal Court
  2. 1.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
  3. 1.02: Critical Thinking
  4. 1.03: Criminal Court Theories And Concepts
  5. 1.04: Due Process Fundamental Fairness and Equal Justice
  6. 1.05: The Crime Control and Due Process Models
  7. 1.06: Importance of Empirical Evidence in Criminal Justice-The Use of Science to Understand Crime and Develop
  8. 02: Criminal Process Overview
  9. 2.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
  10. 2.02: Critical Thinking
  11. 2.03: Criminal Justice in the United States- A Primer
  12. 2.04: The United States Court System- A Dual Court System
  13. 2.05: Substantive Criminal Law
  14. 2.06: Overview of the Criminal Procedure
  15. 03: Sources and limitations of criminal law
  16. 3.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
  17. 3.02: Critical Thinking
  18. 3.03: The Sources of Law
  19. 3.04: The Rights of the Suspect
  20. 3.05: Functions and Limitations of Law
  21. 3.06: Civil Criminal and Moral Wrongs
  22. 3.07: Classification of Law
  23. 04: Criminal Investigation
  24. 4.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
  25. 4.02: Critical Thinking
  26. 4.03: Introduction to Criminal Investigation
  27. 4.04: Collecting Evidence
  28. 4.05: Criminal Profiling
  29. 4.06: Racial Profiling
  30. 4.07: Terry Stops
  31. 4.08: A Critical Look at Terry Stops
  32. 05: Search Warrants
  33. 5.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
  34. 5.02: Critical Thinking
  35. 5.03: Obtaining a Search Warrant
  36. 5.04: Search Warrant Procedures
  37. 5.05: Searches Without Warrants
  38. 06: Defining Search warrants and the exclusionary rule
  39. 6.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
  40. 6.02: Critical Thinking
  41. 6.03: The Purpose of the 4th Amendment
  42. 6.04: History and Evolution of the 4th Amendment
  43. 6.05: The Exclusionary Rule and the Exceptions
  44. 6.06: Closer Examination of the Third-Party Doctrine
  45. 6.07: Consent Searches
  46. 07: The Arrest
  47. 7.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
  48. 7.02: Critical Thinking
  49. 7.03: Identifying Probable Cause
  50. 7.04: Developing Probable Cause
  51. 7.05: Unique Circumstances
  52. 7.06: Rights of the Arrestee
  53. 7.07: Use of Force Continuum
  54. 7.08: Use of Force During Arrest
  55. 7.09: Does the Militarization of Police Contribute to Use of Force Issues One Study Finds Yes
  56. 08: Interrogation Self-Incrimination and Confessions
  57. 8.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
  58. 8.02: Critical Thinking
  59. 8.03: Introduction
  60. 8.04: Interviewing Questioning and Interrogating
  61. 8.05: Evaluating the Evidence (Interrogation)
  62. 8.06: Examining False Confessions
  63. 8.07: Interviewing Juveniles
  64. 09: Identifying Information
  65. 9.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
  66. 9.02: Critical Thinking
  67. 9.03: Eyewitness Identification
  68. 9.04: The Misinformation Effect
  69. 9.05: Physical Evidence
  70. 9.06: Legal Aspects of Forensic Evidence
  71. 10: Criminal Court Players
  72. 10.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
  73. 10.02: Critical Thinking
  74. 10.03: Judges and Court Staff
  75. 10.04: The Prosecutor
  76. 10.05: Defense Counsel
  77. 10.06: Conclusion
  78. 11: Official Misconduct and the Exclusionary
  79. 11.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
  80. 11.02: Critical Thinking
  81. 11.03: Official Misconduct
  82. 11.04: The Exclusionary Rule
  83. 11.05: Exceptions to the Exclusionary Rule-Important Case Law
  84. 11.06: Michael F. Murray Petitioner V. United States Of America james D. Carter Petitionerv. United States Of America
  85. 12: Pretrial Court Process and Plea Agreements.
  86. 12.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
  87. 12.02: Critical Thinking
  88. 12.03: Pretrial Phase
  89. 12.04: Misdemeanor vs. Felony PreTrial Process
  90. 12.05: Preliminary Hearing (Information) vs. Grand Jury (Indictment)
  91. 12.06: Plea Agreements
  92. 12.07: Key Supreme Court Cases on Plea Agreements
  93. 12.08: Empirical Research on Plea Agreements
  94. 13: Trial and Conviction
  95. 13.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
  96. 13.02: Critical Thinking
  97. 13.03: The Trial Process
  98. 13.04: The Burden of Proof
  99. 13.05: Trial
  100. 13.06: Legal Defenses
  101. 13.07: The Verdict
  102. 14: Sentencing Appeals and Habeus Corpus
  103. 14.01: Overview Objectives and Key Terms
  104. 14.02: Critical Thinking
  105. 14.03: Sentencing Phase
  106. 14.04: Post-Conviction Phase (Appeals Phase)
  107. 14.05: Federal Appellate Review of State Cases