NCJ Number
40002
Date Published
1975
Length
331 pages
Annotation
A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK, ESPECIALLY MEANT FOR WOMEN PRISONERS, ON CRIMINAL LAW AND PRISONERS' RIGHTS.
Abstract
THE HANDBOOK PREPARED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WOMEN'S CLINTON (NJ) PROJECT OF THE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW IS TO SERVE AS A BASIC LEARNING AND TEACHING RESOURCE OF LAW AND BASIC LEGAL SKILLS FOR PRISONERS IN NEW JERSEY. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS INCLUDE THE CONSTITUTION, COURT AND STATE APPEALS PROCEDURE, AND THE GENERAL COURT SYSTEM. OTHER CHAPTERS COVER SEARCH AND SEIZURE, ARREST, SUSPECT IDENTIFICATION, PRETRIAL DETENTION, PROBABLE CAUSE HEARINGS, INDICTMENT, PLEADINGS, AND PRETRIAL MOTIONS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE TRIAL PROCEDURE AND TACTICS AS WELL AS POST-CONVICTION AND SENTENCING REMEDIES. THE HANDBOOK, WRITTEN IN LAY LANGUAGE, EXPLAINS KEY WORDS AND PROVIDES COURT CASES AS EXAMPLES AND REFERENCES....TWH