CONNECTICUT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FIELD MANUAL - THE CONNECTICUT PENAL CODE

• NCJ Number: 28178
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 144 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Connecticut Criminal Justice Cmssn
• Corporate Author: Connecticut State's Attorney
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Training (Handbook/Manual)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS POCKET REFERENCE TO LEGAL PRINCIPLES AND TO THE CRIMES AND TERMINOLOGY DESCRIBED IN THE STATE PENAL CODE CONSISTS OF THREE BASIC ITEMS: LEGAL GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES, CRIME ELEMENT LISTS, AND A GLOSSARY.

Abstract

THE LEGAL GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES SECTION IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE POLICE OFFICER WITH ADVICE ON LEGAL PROBLEMS IN CONCISE UNDERSTANDABLE LANGUAGE. THE CRIME ELEMENT LISTS BREAKDOWN THE CRIMES POLICE OFFICERS DEAL WITH MOST OFTEN ON THEIR JOBS INTO THEIR ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS. THE GLOSSARY IS A COLLECTION OF TERMS DEFINED IN THE CODE, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY AND REFERENCED TO THE APPROPRIATE CODE SECTIONS. INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS COVER SEARCH AND SEIZURE, DETENTION AND ARREST, INTERROGATION, IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES, AND TESTIFYING IN COURT. AN INDEX IS PROVIDED.