American criminal justice an introduction

"American criminal justice may be one of the best known - and most influential - systems of criminal justice in the world, but also the least understood: countless films and television series portray American police officers, prosecutors and lawyers, but over 95 percent of criminal matters resu...

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1. Verfasser: Davis, Frederick T. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York, NY ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore Cambridge University Press 2019
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. The Federal structure: sources of the law; 3. Investigation and evidence gathering
  • the participants; 4. Investigation and evidence gathering procedures; 5. Arrest and pretrial detention; 6. The decision to prosecute, or not; 7. Joinder of charges and defendants; 8. Venue; 9. Assistance of counsel; 10. Trial rights and preparation for trial; 11. Alternative outcomes; 12. Double jeopardy; 13. The trial; 14. Sentencing; 15. Appeals; 16. Corporate criminal responsibility; 17. Internal corporate investigations; 18. Professional responsibility; 19. Conclusion