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Criminal Procedure: From First Contact to Appeal, 6th edition

Published by Pearson (January 10, 2018) © 2019

  • John L. Worrall University of Texas at Dallas

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For courses in criminal procedure.

Basic introductory approach to criminal procedure, with a real-world slant

Criminal Procedure is a comprehensive introduction to criminal procedure, from an individual's first encounter with police, all the way through to appeal. Assuming no legal expertise, the text connects criminal procedure cases to real implications through innovative pedagogy. For example, decision-making exercises position students as judges and challenge them to decide cases based on the facts presented.

Conversational and easy to read, the 6th Edition adds Supreme Court decisions through the 2016-17 term and analyzes their impact on criminal and legal processes.

Hallmark features of this title

Basic and nontraditional topics in criminal procedure

  • Basic legal concepts and issues are addressed, including search-and-seizure, interrogation, and identification procedures.
  • Unconventional criminal justice topics are covered. These include pretrial process; roles of defense attorneys, prosecutors and grand juries; plea bargaining and guilty pleas; rights of criminal defendants at trial; and appeals and habeas corpus.
  • Actual legal forms and police department policy manual excerpts are referenced extensively.

Real-world applications

  • Decision-Making exercises throughout chapters prompt students to play the role of judge.
  • Further Exploration feature at the end of each chapter examines controversial and unsettled issues in criminal procedure.

New and updated features of this title

New and more in-depth cases

  • REVISED: Case law presentations now include more discussion of case facts and details.
  • EXPANDED: Several additional sentencing cases have been added (Ch. 15).

Implications of recent cases

  • NEW: “Fruit of the poisonous tree” doctrine (Ch. 2) and vehicle stops (Ch. 6) are now both covered in relation to recent Supreme Court decisions.
  • NEW: Sections on DNA-based identification (Ch. 9) and cellular phone searches in light of the 2014 Riley v. California decision (Ch. 5) have been added to this edition.
  • EXPANDED: The section on impartial judges (Ch. 13) has been revised in light of recent cases.

Opportunities for practice and further study

  • REVISED: Web links and exercises at the end of each chapter elaborate on and reinforce key issues and points from the chapter.

PART 1: INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction to Criminal Procedure
2. Remedies

PART 2: SEARCH AND SEIZURE
3. Introduction to Search and Seizure
4. Searches and Arrests with Warrants
5. Searches and Arrests without Warrants
6. Actions Based on Reasonable Suspicion
7. Actions Based on Administrative Justification and Consent

PART 3: INTERROGATIONS, CONFESSIONS, AND IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES
8. Interrogations and Confessions
9. Identification Procedures and the Role of Witnesses

PART 4: THE BEGINNINGS OF FORMAL PROCEEDINGS
10. The Pretrial Process
11. Prosecutors, Grand Juries, and Defense Attorneys
12. Plea Bargaining and Guilty Pleas

PART 5: TRIAL, CONVICTION, AND BEYOND
13. Rights at Trial
14. More Rights at Trial
15. Sentencing, Appeals, and Habeas Corpus

About our author

John L. Worrall is Professor and Criminology Program Head at the University of Texas at Dallas. He received a PhD in Political Science from Washington State University in 1999. His areas of interest and expertise include policing, courts and crime control policy, but he has also published research on correctional matters, legal issues and a range of other criminal justice/criminology topics. His research has focused primarily on identifying successful programs, policies, and interventions aimed at preventing and controlling crime. In this vein, he has also authored best-selling criminal justice books, including the popular Crime Control in America: What Works? (3rd Edition, Pearson). He also currently serves as editor of the journal Police Quarterly.

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