NCJ Number
42541
Date Published
1972
Length
320 pages
Annotation
THIS VOLUME CONTAINS A COLLECTION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY WRITINGS ON NINE BASIC RIGHTS OF PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIMES, BEGINNING WITH RIGHTS PRIOR TO FIRST COURT APPEARANCE THROUGH POST TRIAL RIGHTS.
Abstract
THE AUTHORS COMBINE THE PERSPECTIVES OF LAW TEACHERS, PRACTICING ATTORNEYS, POLITICAL SCIENTISTS, SOCIOLOGISTS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS IN EXAMINING THE RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED RELEVANT TO SEARCH AND SEIZURE; CONFESSIONS AND SELF-INCRIMINATION; THE ACCUSATION; THE PRESENCE OF COUNSEL; BAIL; THE JURY SYSTEM; TRIAL AND TESTIMONY; SENTENCING; AND RETRIALS. EACH CHAPTER, WITH REGARD TO THE RIGHTS DISCUSSED COVERS THE BASIC LAW, ARGUMENTS FOR THE LAW IN VIEW OF ITS CONSEQUENCES, EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ALREADY DONE, LEGAL TRENDS AND THEIR REASONS, NEW RESEARCH NEEDED, AND NEW LAWS NEEDED.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...EB