NCJ Number
62015
Date Published
1980
Length
660 pages
Annotation
THIS TEXTBOOK FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYEES COVERS ASPECTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW SUCH AS THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS, CIVIL RIGHTS, SEARCH AND SEIZURE, PLEA BARGAINING, AND RIGHT TO TRIAL.
Abstract
CONSTITUTIONAL CONCEPTS ARE DISCUSSED AND U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AFFECTING POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ARE CITED. TOPICS INCLUDE THE SUPREME COURT HEARING PROCESS, CHECKS AND BALANCES, THE JUDICIAL ARTICLE OF THE CONSTITUTION, POWERS GRANTED AND LIMITED BY THE CONSTITUTION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION, AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENS. HISTORICAL EVENTS LEADING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION ARE REVIEWED. THE GOVERNMENT'S RIGHT TO ARREST, DETAIN, AND PUNISH IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF ARREST AND SEARCH WARRANT REQUIREMENTS, STOP AND FRISK, AND VARIOUS ARREST PROBLEMS. DISCUSSION OF THE ABSORPTION OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS IS FOLLOWED BY A DETAILED TREATMENT OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT, INCLUDING POLICE POWER, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND RELIGION, PARADE AND PUBLIC MEETING REGULATIONS, AND THE CLEAR-AND-PRESENT DANGER DOCTRINE. A SECTION ON SEARCH AND SEIZURE DEALS WITH THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE, PROBABLE CAUSE, VARIOUS KINDS OF SEARCHERS, AND THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT. COVERED UNDER THE FIFTH AMENDMENT ARE SELF-INCRIMINATION, DOUBLE JEOPARDY, DOUBLE SOVEREIGNTIES, AND CONFESSION AND INTERROGATION. TOPICS UNDER SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE PUBLIC TRIAL RIGHTS, RIGHT TO COUNSEL, AND DUE PROCESS. EIGHTH AMENDMENT SUBJECTS INCLUDE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT AND PRISONERS' RIGHTS. ENTRAPMENT ISSUES USED CIVIL RIGHTS CASES AND LEGISLATION CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION. THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, A GLOSSARY, LIST OF CASES CITED WITHIN THE TEXT, AND INDEX ARE INCLUDED.