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This text provides a comprehensive legal framework of the rules of evidence, highlights key law enforcement issues in the field, and uses "headline cases" to illustrate major points and generate student interest. Criminal evidence is most often approached from one of two perspectives: legal or law enforcement. This text melds the two perspectives with the aim of providing the most effective and interesting way to present the subject matter. This text presents potentially complicated concepts in a clear, palatable manner. A key aspect of this text is that it uses current, newsworthy examples; an example is theLouise Woodwardcase (the murdering Au Pair) discussed in Chapter 2. The text comes with some useful supplements that include PowerPoints, a CD of the most important cases, and a list of videos and websites that are coordinated by chapter and topic. These resources allow an instructor to take an engaging, multi-media approach to the material.

Dr. Marjie T. Britz is an associate professor of criminal justice at Clemson University. She holds a bachelors of science in forensic science from Jacksonville State University, a masters of science in police administration, and a doctorate of philosophy in criminal justice from Michigan State University. She has published extensively in the areas of computer crime, organized crime, and the police subculture. She has acted as a consultant to a variety of organizations, and provided training to an assortment of law enforcement agencies. In addition, she has served on editorial and supervisory boards in both academic and practitioner venues. Some of her recent books are: Organized Crime: A Worldwide Persepctive; Computer Forensics and Cybercrime; and, From Lucky Luciano to Tony Soprano: A History of Italian Organized Crime in America.

Introduction
The history of law and legal process
Sources of Law in the American System
Rules of Evidence
Defining Evidence
Conclusions
The American Criminal Court System
Jurisdiction, Federalism, & Sovereignty
The Federal Courts
The State Courts
Courtroom Actors
The Criminal Process
Forms of Evidencea
Introduction
Real Evidence
Direct and Circumstantial Evidence
Substitutions for Evidence
Conclusions
Doctrine of Justification
Introduction
Probable Cause
Reasonable Suspicion
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
The Expectation of Privacy
Warrants
Types of Warrants
Conclusions
The Exclusion of Evidence
The Exclusionary Rule
Exceptions to the Exclusionary Rule
Areas Unprotected by the Exclusionary Rule
Conclusions
Warrantless Arrests and Searches
Generally
Investigation Detention
Seizures and Investigative Detentions
Plain View
ldquo;Plain Feelrdquo; Doctrine
Incident to Arrest

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Criminal Evidence

Criminal Evidence

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