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LAW OF ARREST, SEARCH, AND SEIZURE. 2D ED.

NCJ Number
19760
Author(s)
J S CREAMER
Date Published
1975
Length
473 pages
Annotation
POLICE HANDBOOK ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS ON POLICE POWER AND THE RULES AND PROCEDURES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED CONCERNING THEM.
Abstract
THE AREAS DISCUSSED ARE PROBABLE CAUSE, POLICE INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES, ARREST, SEARCH AND SEIZURE, THE SUPPRESSION HEARING, AND CASES INVOLVING THE FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH AMENDMENTS, INCLUDED ARE INDIVIDUAL DESCRIPTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS OF RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS IN THESE AREAS. SPECIFIC DESCRIPTIONS ARE OFFERED OF BOTH THE FACTS AND HOLDINGS OF THE CASES AND THEIR PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS TO THE POLICEMAN ON THE STREET.