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Eldefonso, Edward.

Police and the criminal law / Edward Eldefonso, Alan Coffey & James Sullivan. - Pacific Palisades, Calif. : Goodyear Pub. Co., c1972. - 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents;

Chapter 1: The nature of criminal law
Criminal law

Chapter 2: Enforcement and criminal law
The philosophy of criminal law enforcement

Chapter 3: The law of arrest, search, and seizure
Arrest procedures
Search and seizure
Constitutional protections and their significance to the law enforcement officer

Chapter 4: Procedure after arrest
Station house procedure
Bail
Arraignment
etc.

Chapter 5: Definition of crime: Essential elements of criminal offenses
The common law system
Crime defined
Principles of criminal law
The limits of effective law enforcement
etc.

Chapter 6: Common law offenses
Preliminary offenses
Crime against persons
Crimes against property

Chapter 7: Criminal evidence
Persuasion
Preservation of evidence
Eyewitness
etc.

Chapter 8: Criminal defense
The role of behavioral science
Sociological explanation of crime
Physiological explanation of crime
Criminal defenses

Chapter 9: Interrogations and confessions
History
Voluntary confession
Right to counsel
etc.

Chapter 10: Separation of power
Federal court system
State court system
Jurisdiction
Appeal procedures
Sources of law

Chapter 11: Constitutional limitations
Introduction
Due process
Rules of exclusion
Police brutality
etc.



Index : p. 235-238.

ISBN: 0876207069

LCCN: 77186332

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Criminal law
Criminal procedure
Police

Dewey Class. No.: 345.7305 / ELD