POLICE PRACTICES AND THE LAW - FROM ARREST TO RELEASE OR CHARGE

• NCJ Number: 8202
• Journal: California Law Review Volume: 50 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1962) Pages: 11-55
• Author(s): E L BARRETT
• Date Published: 1962
• Length: 23 pages
• Corporate Author: University of California
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ROLE PLAYED BY POLICE AND PROSECUTORS IN DETERMINING WHICH PERSONS ARRESTED FOR SERIOUS OFFENSES SHALL BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURTS.

Abstract

A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE SCREENING FUNCTION IS MADE AND TWO CALIFORNIA JURISDICTIONS ARE STUDIED. THIS 1962 ARTICLE PREDATES THE MAJORITY OF THE LEADING CASES DECIDED BY THE WARREN COURT.