America's courts and the criminal justice system
By: David W. Neubauer
Edition: 10th ed.
Series: Cengage advantage books
Publisher: Wadsworth Cengage Learning
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 628
ISBN-13: 9780495809906; 9780538738293; 9780495810155
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Criminal courts
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [568]-604) and index.
Table of contents: title: Courts, crime, and controversy; title: Law and crime; title: Federal courts; title: State courts; title: The dynamics of courthouse justice; title: Prosecutors; title: Defense attorneys; title: Judges; title: Defendants and victims; title: Arrest to arraignment; title: Bail; title: Discolosing and suppressing evidence; title: Negotiated justice and the plea of guilty; title: Trials and juries; title: Sentencing options; title: Sentencing decisions; title: Appellate courts; title: The lower courts; title: Juvenile courts.