Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System

1. Talking to the Police
2. Search and Seizure: When the Police Can Search for and Seize Evidence
3. Arrest: When It Happens, What It Means
4. Eyewitness Identification: Psychology and Procedures
5. Booking and Bail: Checking In and Checking Out of Jail
6. From Suspect to Defendant: How Crimes Get Charged
7. Criminal Defense Lawyers: Who They Are, What They Do, How to Find One
8. Understanding the Attorney-Client Relationship in a Criminal Case
9. A Walk Through Criminal Court
10. Arraignments
11. Developing the Defense Strategy
12. Crimespeak: Understanding the Language of Criminal Laws
13. Defensespeak: Common Defenses to Criminal Charges
14. Discovery: Exchanging Information With the Prosecution
15. Investigating the Facts
16. Preliminary Hearings
17. Fundamental Trial Rights of the Defense
18. Basic Evidence Rules in Criminal Trials
19. Motions and Their Role in Criminal Cases
20. Plea Bargains: How Most Criminal Cases End
21. The Trial Process
22. Sentencing: How the Court Punishes Convicted Defendants
23. Appeals: Seeking Review by a Higher Court
24. How the Criminal Justice System Works: A Walk Through Two Drunk Driving Cases
25. Juvenile Courts and Procedures
26. Prisoners’ Rights
27. Looking Up the Law

The best plain-English book on criminal law available!  The criminal justice system is a complex maze, full of confusing rules and procedures. Fortunately, you can turn to this book for clear and complete explanations.  The Criminal Law Handbook answers your questions about every part of a criminal case. Find out everything you've ever wanted to know about how the system works and why police, lawyers and judges do what they do. It covers:    arrests  booking  preliminary hearings  charges  bail  courts  arraignment  search and seizure  defenses  evidence  trials  plea bargains  sentencing  juveniles  "crimespeak," the language commonly used in criminal statutes  and much more  The 9th edition covers all of the latest Supreme Court cases and changes in criminal law.