Briefs of Leading Cases in Law Enforcement

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Rolando V. del Carmen was, at the time of his death, Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice (Law) in the College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University. He authored numerous books and articles in various areas of law related to criminal justice. He won all three major awards given by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, taught numerous graduate and undergraduate classes in law, and was a mentor and friend to many of his students.

Jeffery T. Walker is Designated University Professor and Endowed Chair of Communities and Crime at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. He has written 10 books and over 100 journal articles and book chapters. He has been involved in almost $300 million in grants from the Department of Justice, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Center for Disease Control, and others. His areas of interest are social/environmental factors of neighborhoods, legal issues of policing, and crime mapping/crime analysis. He is a past president of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Editorial experience includes service as Editor of the Journal of Criminal Justice Education. Previous publications include articles in Justice Quarterly, American Journal of Criminal Justice, *and *Journal of Quantitative Criminology, and the books Legal Guide for Police (Twelfth Edition) and Foundations of Crime Analysis.

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This resource offers extensive updates on the leading Supreme Court cases impacting law enforcement in the United States, creating a must-have reference for police officers to stay up-to-date and have a strong understanding of the law and their function within it.

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Chapter 1. Probable Cause

Chapter 2. The Exclusionary Rule

Chapter 3. Stop and Frisk

Chapter 4. Arrest and Other Seizures of Persons

Chapter 5. Seizures of Things

Chapter 6. SearchesIn General

Chapter 7. Searches After Arrest

Chapter 8. Searches With Consent

Chapter 9. Vehicle Stops and Searches

Chapter 10. Searches of People in Vehicles

Chapter 11. Roadblocks

Chapter 12. Electronic Surveillance

Chapter 13. Plain View and Open Fields Searches

Chapter 14. Searches by Dogs

Chapter 15. Computer/Cell Phone Searches

Chapter 16. Use of Force

Chapter 17. What Constitutes Interrogation for Miranda Purposes?

Chapter 18. Confessions and Admissions: Cases Affirming Miranda

Chapter 19. Confessions and Admissions: Cases Weakening Miranda

Chapter 20. Lineups and Other Pretrial Identification Procedures

Chapter 21. Right to Counsel Related to Policing

Chapter 22. Entrapment

Chapter 23. Legal Liabilities