crime junkie's guide to criminal law
Subtitle: from Law and order to Laci Peterson
By: Jim Silver.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780275994143
Subjects: Criminal law -- United States -- Popular works; Criminal procedure -- United States -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Setting the stage; title: Recipe for crime; title: Homicide; title: Murder; title: Voluntary manslaughter; title: Involuntary manslaughter; title: Rape; title: Assault; title: Kidnapping; title: Acquisition offenses; title: Burglary; title: Arson; title: Perjury; title: Solicitation; title: Conspiracy; title: Attempt; title: Accomplice liability; title: Justification; title: Necessity and duress; title: Entrapment; title: Intoxication; title: Insanity; title: The exclusionary rule; title: The Fourth Amendment : arrests; title: The Fourth Amendment : search and seizure; title: Self-incrimination; title: Pretrial proceedings; title: Trial; title: Right to counsel; title: Guilty pleas; title: Sentencing; title: Double jeopardy.