NCJ Number
13381
Date Published
1968
Length
389 pages
Annotation
OVERVIEW OF NEW OR TOTALLY REFORMED DOCTRINES IN THE CRIMINAL LAW WHICH HAVE RESULTED FROM APPELLATE COURT DECISIONS AND PUBLIC ATTITUDINAL CHANGES.
Abstract
AMONG DOCTRINES REVIEWED ARE SEARCH AND SEIZURE, RIGHT TO COUNSEL, PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELF INCRIMINATION, RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL, CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT, CONSPIRACY, THE INSANITY DEFENSE, OBSCENITY PROSECUTIONS, AND JUVENILE JUSTICE. VARIOUS OTHER MODERNIZING FACTORS SUCH AS THE USE OF COMPUTERS AND MODERN LAW SCHOOL CURRICULA ARE DISCUSSED. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS ARE REVIEWED THROUGH 1968.