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This best-selling text provides students with all they need to know about the legal aspects of the criminal justice system as it applies to professionals within the system. Ferdico communicates potentially confusing and obscure legal matter clearly and practically. By emphasizing interpretation of legal cases, students are able to focus on understanding the content of cases versus simply memorizing them.
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Using recent Supreme Court and appellate court rulings to highlight key points, this textbook introduces basic concepts, discusses individual rights, and provides an overview of the court system. Specific chapters also cover crucial elements like arrest, searches, probable cause, exceptions to search warrant requirements, confessions, and pretrial identification procedures. A table of cases and a glossary are also included. Ferdico is a former assistant Attorney General for the State of Maine. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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